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Urologic Nurses Named Continence Care Champion

The National Association For Continence (NAFC) awarded Leslie Saltzstein Wooldridge, MSN, RNCS, GNP-BC, and Francie Bernier, PhD, MSN, RNC with the Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award.

No Stroke of Luck

Stroke awareness feature story with an Irish / St. Patty's Day twist.

Teen Girls Look to Peers to Gauge Weight Goals

Their schoolmates’ weight determines whether teenage high school girls will try to lose pounds, new research finds, and the school environment plays a big role in the decision.

American University Launches Center for Latin American and Latino Studies

New center examines U.S.-Latin American economic and diplomatic relations, healthcare, post-earthquake reconstruction in Haiti, religious practices, human rights violations, and Central American migration in the Washington, D.C. region.

Precision Radiation Therapy May Improve Survival Rates of Some Lung Cancer Patients

A radiation therapy that uses multiple radiation beams to target tumors precisely has been shown to eliminate the primary tumor and ultimately may improve survival rates for lung-cancer patients unable to undergo surgery.

Case Managers Help Low-Income Women Receive More Timely Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Case management appears to be associated with more appropriate follow-up and shorter time to diagnostic resolution among low-income women who receive an abnormal result on a mammogram, according to a report in the March 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.