Comorbidities are common among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and a number of these comorbidities are independently associated with an increased mortality risk, according to a new study. “We followed 1,664 COPD patients recruited from five pulmonary clinics in the United States and Spain for a median of 51 months,” said lead author [...]
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Comorbidities Increase Risk of Mortality in COPD Patients
May 7th, 2012 
John BuckNurses Answer the Call: Expand Access to Care
May 7th, 2012 John Buck
National Nurses Week, May 6-12, provides an opportunity to recognize the multitude of ways the nursing profession contributes to the health of the nation. Since March 2010, the Affordable Care Act has given nurses and other healthcare professionals a historic opportunity to improve the health of millions of Americans. Through an array of provisions in [...]
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, American Nurses Association, Kathleen Sebelius, National Nurses Week 
No Comments »Pleasure Eating Triggers Body’s Reward System and May Stimulate Overeating
May 3rd, 2012 John BuckWhen eating is motivated by pleasure, rather than hunger, endogenous rewarding chemical signals are activated which can lead to overeating, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). The phenomenon ultimately affects body mass and may be a factor in the continuing rise of [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Colleagues, Community Health, Family/General Practice, Home Care, Lab, Long Term Care, Mental Health, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Tags: Endocrine Society, Hedonic Hunger, JCEM, Obesity, Palmiero Monteleone MD No Comments »Varenicline Decreases Alcohol Consumption in Heavy-Drinking Smokers
May 3rd, 2012 John BuckThe smoking cessation drug varenicline significantly reduced alcohol consumption in a group of heavy-drinking smokers, in a study carried out by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco. “Alcohol abuse is a huge problem, and this is a big step forward in identifying a potential new [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Colleagues, Community Health, Family/General Practice, Long Term Care, Mental Health, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Tags: Addiction, Chantix, Smoking Cessation, UCSF, Varenicline No Comments »NSAIDs and Cardiovascular Risk Explained
May 2nd, 2012 John Buck
After nearly 13 years of study and intense debate, a pair of new papers from the Perelman School of Medicine, at the University of Pennsylvania have confirmed exactly how a once-popular class of anti-inflammatory drugs leads to cardiovascular risk for people taking it. It has been almost eight years since Vioxx® was withdrawn by Merck [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Colleagues, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Featured, Lab, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Tags: COX-2, NSAIDs, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania No Comments »
