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Actress Angelina Jolie Has Preventive Double Mastectomy

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What do you think about Jolie’s decision? Was it a wise choice or an unnecessary procedure? Comment below.

Hollywood film star Angelina Jolie announced Tuesday that she has undergone a double mastectomy because she carries a genetic mutation that greatly increases her risk of potentially fatal breast cancer.

She said she began the process to have both of her breasts removed in early February because she lost her mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand, to breast cancer when her mother was just 56.

Guidance for Clinicians on Prescribing Exercise for Depressed Patients

Exercise has been shown to be an effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD), both when used alone and in combination with other treatments. There’s now sufficient research data to provide specific guidance on how to prescribe exercise for depressed patients, according to a report in the May Journal of Psychiatric Practice®. Related Posts: May [...]

Anesthesia Professionals Question Safety of Non-experts Giving Propofo to Patients via New Sedasys™ Machine

Responding to a decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve a new machine that allows healthcare providers who are not anesthesia experts to give propofol to patients undergoing colonoscopies and other gastrointestinal procedures, the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) stated that the safest option for any patient receiving propofol is still [...]

Nurse Week: Military Nurses Claim Special Tie to Nightingale

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Nurses Week celebrates the accomplishment of nurses throughout the year.  It is based around the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, who was, in essence, also the first modern battlefield nurse. Maj. Edward Walsh, Army nurse and clinical nurse officer in charge of the CRDAMC medical/surgical ward explains, “Nightingale was a British [...]

New Lung Cancer Guidelines Recommends Offering Screening to High-Risk Individuals

The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) third edition of evidence-based lung cancer guidelines, Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines, recommends offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scanning for lung cancer screening to people with a significant risk of lung cancer due to age and [...]