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It has become easier than ever for the nation's nurses to monitor their health both personal and occupational. And this new knowledge may put a sharper spotlight on hazards nurses face every day at work.
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MSD goal: Reduce the rate of injury and illness cases involving days away from work due to overexertion or repetitive motion by 10% by 2020.
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Influenza is possibly the most widespread and well known of infectious diseases. Seasonal epidemics can be found on all continents, and no age segment of the population is untouched.
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The authors concluded that in a diverse, community-based population with new systolic heart failure, spironolactone did not reduce death or hospitalization, but did increase the incidence of hyperkalemia.
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Among patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease, 2000 IU/d of vitamin E resulted in a slower functional decline and a decrease in the caregiver burden.
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A second sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (sglt2) inhibitor has been approved for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. These agents increase glucose secretion by inhibiting reabsorption in the kidney. Renal glucose threshold can be lowered to 70-90 mg/dL from a norm of 240 mg/dL in patients with diabetes. Dapagliflozin follows canagliflozin as the second SGLT2 approved and is marketed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca as Farxiga.
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