Nurse Practitioner in N. Charleston, SC Accepting Medicare
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 Kelsey Rae Gerughty, APRN Nurse Practitioner - Adult Health Medicare: Medicare Enrolled Practice Location: 9302 Medical Plaza Drive, Suite C, Ltc Health Solutions, N. Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: 864-751-6424 Fax: 864-751-6430 |
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Role Tregs play in therapeutic HIV vaccines
Like a skittish driver slamming the brakes, a special class of T cells may be limiting the effectiveness of therapeutic vaccines for HIV by slowing the immune system response too soon, report University of Pittsburgh health science researchers in the current issue of PLoS ONE. Their study, the first to look at the role of regulatory T cells in therapeutic HIV vaccines, may help researchers improve the efficacy of such vaccines by devising methods to circumvent the braking mechanism of these cells.
Online resource for ethnicity and health doubles content
Specialist Library for Ethnicity & Health, designed to provide health professionals with the latest research and information on ethnic minority health, has announced two successes - in the last year it has doubled the number of research articles it provides, and now the NHS is backing it with a new contract to 2011.
New hope for patients whose melanoma has metastasised to the brain
New data show that in patients whose melanoma (BRAF V600 mutation-positive) has spread (metastasised) to the brain, Zelboraf (vemurafenib) extends life expectancy by over six months compared to chemotherapy.1 These results are welcome news for patients suffering from metastatic melanoma, as up to half of these patients are diagnosed with brain metastases with many given less than six months to live.1
Researchers link alcohol, cocaine misuse with future suicide attempt
In a general sense, medical studies support the popular intuition - a staple of movies and literature - that suicidal behavior and substance misuse are linked. But the relationship between the two is not so simple. A new study of hundreds of suicidal emergency department (ED) patients from around the U.S. found that the significance of the link varied with age, gender and race. Across the board, however, the use of cocaine and alcohol together was a red flag.
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