A research team led by the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology and Albany Medical College has illuminated the important role of natural killer (NK) T cells in Lyme disease, demonstrating that the once little understood white blood cells are central to clearing the bacterial infection and reducing the intensity and duration of arthritis [...]

HealthBookSummaries.com, the downloadable health book summary service created by Mike Adams and Kevin Gianni, has just released its summary of the book Astaxanthin: King of the Carotenoids by Bob Capelli. The downloadable summary is available now at http://www.HealthBookSummaries.com.
Astaxanthin: King of the Carotenoids is a fascinating book that provides an in-depth look into the wide-ranging health [...]

Half the residents of New Orleans were suffering from poor mental and physical health more than a year after their homes and community were devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, according to research published in the September issue of the UK-based Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Researchers from Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California, spoke [...]

After months of frustration and misdiagnoses — slipped disc, arthritis, depression, psychosomatic illness — the woman finally was freed from her debilitating backache. The cause of her pain?
Living in a cramped one-room apartment with her four children, the woman had been sleeping in a bathtub.
And who solved this medical mystery?
A nurse practitioner — someone who [...]

Registered nurses (RNs), regardless of specialty or work setting, treat patients, educate patients and the public about various medical conditions, and provide advice and emotional support to patients’ family members. RNs record patients’ medical histories and symptoms, help perform diagnostic tests and analyze results, operate medical machinery, administer treatment and medications, and help with patient [...]