ALCOHOL MAY TRIGGER AF EPISODES Results of a new study suggest that patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) should avoid consuming alcohol to reduce the risk of ... By apit nursing Saturday, June 16, 2012 Comment
AVOID CHILDHOOD CT SCANS Children undergoing computed tomography (CT) scans with cumulative radiation doses of about 50 mGy had about triple the risk for leukemia, a... By apit nursing June 16, 2012 Comment
NORMAL SALINE IS NOT SO NORMAL In a study from England published ahead of print in Annals of Surgery, healthy volunteers given two liters of so-called "normal" s... By apit nursing June 16, 2012 Comment
video It's The End of The World As We Know It with Chunky Mark You'll get no sense out of me today, I've got me 'ead on. By apit nursing June 16, 2012 Comment
heat natural disasters Preparedness summer Summer Safe wildfires Summer Safe: Learn how to get ready for a wildfire Did you catch the news this week about the wildfires that have burned thousands of acres in Colorado and New Mexico ? Unfortunately, with th... By apit nursing Friday, June 15, 2012 Comment
pertussis whooping cough Pertussis (whooping cough) update 6/14/12 Maine, like many other states, has been experiencing an increasing number of pertussis (whooping cough) cases over the past year. Maine CDC ... By apit nursing Thursday, June 14, 2012 Comment
Blair China crime Murder Genocide Religion War on Terror Briton Tom Grundy Attempts Citizens Arrest On Tony Blair In Hong Two separate reports; the first and smaller of the two, deals as much with the purpose of Blair's speech in Hong Kong, though falling as... By apit nursing June 14, 2012 Comment
Lyme disease Lyme disease In recognition of Lyme Disease Awareness Month, Maine CDC held a poster contest for children in grades K-8 in Maine as well as an audio publ... By apit nursing June 14, 2012 Comment
diet Food reward overweight New Study Demonstrates that Sugar has to be Palatable to be Fattening in Mice Dr. Anthony Sclafani's research group just published a study definitively demonstrating that high palatability, or pleasantness of taste... By apit nursing Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Comment