The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) brings together thousands of nurses this week in Chicago at its annual National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI) with the theme "Stand Tall." AACN President Kristine Peterson, RN, MS, CCRN, CCNS, says the theme goes beyond a simple tagline. "Our community of nurses is exceptional because we have always stood tall. We stand tall each time we affirm nursing to our patients and their families, fellow nurses and especially ourselves. We stand tall when we aspire for more experience, knowledge and expertise...
Monday, May 2, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
'Pine Mouth': Nuts Can Ruin Taste for Weeks?
If everything you ate suddenly tasted bitter, metallic, and for the most part vile, you might think something was seriously wrong with you -- but it could just be the pine nuts you ate yesterday.
Virtually undocumented before 2009, a recent slew of "pine mouth" cases have brought this strange affliction to light. A day after consuming certain pine nuts (it is not known why some batches cause this and not others), sufferers will be unable to taste anything but a bitter, metallic taste, no matter what they eat, for weeks.
Pine nut - Cook - Nuts and Seeds - Home - Food
Virtually undocumented before 2009, a recent slew of "pine mouth" cases have brought this strange affliction to light. A day after consuming certain pine nuts (it is not known why some batches cause this and not others), sufferers will be unable to taste anything but a bitter, metallic taste, no matter what they eat, for weeks.
Pine nut - Cook - Nuts and Seeds - Home - Food
Investigational Agent Shows Promise In Reducing Spread Of Prostate Cancer
A drug developed to treat Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare childhood cancer, may also help prevent human prostate cancer from spreading, as seen in new lab studies say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, a part of Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC). Published online April 29 in PLoS ONE, the researchers report that if the agent continues to work well in further laboratory and preclinical studies, it may be the first prostate cancer drug specifically designed to stop cancer spread, or metastasis...
Photonic Color-Change Crystals Could Improve Safety For First Responders To Chemical Hazards
A new kind of sensor could warn emergency workers when carbon filters in the respirators they wear to avoid inhaling toxic fumes have become dangerously saturated. In a recent issue of the journal Advanced Materials, a team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego and Tyco Electronics describe how they made the carbon nanostructures and demonstrate their potential use as microsensors for volatile organic compounds...
Curemark Reports Positive Results For Novel Compound CM-182 In Schizophrenia Mouse Model
Curemark, LLC, a drug research and development company focused on the treatment of neurological diseases, announced that its compound CM-182 demonstrated positive results for schizophrenia in the transgenic chakragati (ckr) model of psychosis. The mouse model screening was performed by the Contract Research Organization, Cerca Insights. The chakragati mouse, considered a model for screening antipsychotic compounds, exhibits abnormal circling behavior and hyperactivity in response to environmental stress cues and also anti-social behaviors...
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