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Pembrolizumab can improve outcomes in patients with metastatic melanoma
A new 10-year analysis led by Igor Puzanov, MD, MSci, FACP, Director of Early Phase Clinical Trials and Chief of Melanoma at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and published today in the journal JAMA Oncology provides new insights into an important question.
New understanding of how some bacteria survive antibiotic treatment
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered how some bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment by turning on resistance mechanisms when exposed to the drugs.
New review shows both types of diabetes increase risk of fragility fractures
Recent research has shown that bone health is compromised in people with diabetes, resulting in a significantly higher risk of fragility fracture.
New model describes how cultural traumas may drive health disparities
A pair of researchers at the University of California, Riverside, has proposed a new model of "cultural trauma" that describes how traumas such as colonization, hate crimes, and recent anti-immigrant media and policies may drive health disparities in many U.S. cultural groups.
Lords Committee highlights major internal threats to long-term NHS sustainability
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS has slammed the ‘short-sightedness' of successive governments for failing to plan effectively for the long-term future of the health service and adult social care.
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Nurse Practitioner: (1) A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.