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BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 Terhune & Weintraub |
Take Your Meds, Exercise -- and Spend Billions Washington wants to pump big money into so-called disease management, though there's scant evidence that it works.  |
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 |
How Disease Management Works Providers have convinced many big employers that their services save money and improve employee health.  |
American Journal of Nursing February 2010 Melissa M. Smith |
Emergency: Variceal Hemorrhage from Esophageal Varices Associated with Alcoholic Liver Disease This article describes alcoholic cirrhosis and its complications, discusses the etiology of esophageal varices and the risk factors for hemorrhage, and addresses emergent treatment.  |
TIME Europe January 25, 2010 Alice Park |
The Man Who Could Beat AIDS David Ho has already helped the world control HIV with powerful new drugs. For his next trick, he'd like to eradicate it.  |
Nurse Practitioner February 2010 Andrews et al. |
ARVC: Help prevent sudden death Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy is a dangerous condition that can cause sudden death.  |
Nurse Practitioner February 2010 Jennifer M. Belavic |
Drug approvals '09 in review On May 13, 2009, the FDA approved certolizumab pegol, marketed under the brand name Cimzia, for the treatment of moderately to severely active RA.  |
Nursing February 2010 Jeanne Held-Warmkessel |
How to prevent and manage Tumor lysis syndrome Potentially fatal, tumor lysis syndrome is a metabolic disturbance caused by the death of cancer cells during cancer treatment and the release of their intracellular components into the bloodstream.  |
Nursing February 2010 Daniel A. Hussar |
New Drugs 2010, PART 1 In this article, you'll learn about 16 new drugs.  |
Nursing Management January 2010 Janet Snapp |
Partnering with palliative care The goal of palliative care is to prevent and relieve suffering and to support the best possible quality of life for patients and their families, regardless of the stage of the disease or the need for other therapies.  |
American Journal of Nursing January 2010 |
Life-Support Interventions at the End of Life: Unintended Consequences Nurses need to be knowledgeable life-support interventions at the end of life and able to communicate what they know about those consequences to patients, family members, and others on the health care team, leading to better decision making at this difficult time.  |
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