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NP's Book Tackles Obesity
September 18, 2008 4:11 PM by Jennifer Ford
Here is a quick kudos to an NP using her experience as a patient educator to reach out via the written word: Nurse practitioner Teresa Blanc of Kansas has written a book about lifestyle changes to combat obesity. The book, Beat Obesity: You Can if You Read More...
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Well-Person Retail Clinics
April 7, 2008 3:24 PM by Jennifer Ford
Here's an interesting twist on retail clinics: well-visit-only clinics, focusing on preventive care. This could be a great opportunity for NPs if it starts to take off. See this Wall Street Journal blog post . WellnessMart, owned and operated by a physician Read More...
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Rate Your Provider. A Good Idea?
March 27, 2008 9:26 AM by Jill Rollet
Angie's List has plans to let consumers rate their health care providers. The 12-year-old Indianapolis-based company maintains lists of consumer ratings for all kinds of local businesses and services. According to a company press release, the 600,000 Read More...
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Lip Sewing Trend?
March 24, 2008 11:05 AM by Jill Rollet
ADVANCE editors know a lot, but apparently we don't know everything. (What else is new?) We got an e-mail message last week from an NP protesting an ad in our March print edition . (You might have trouble viewing the ad if you're not a subscriber to ADVANCE.) Read More...
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Survey: Women Unaware of HPV Test
February 20, 2008 4:42 PM by Jennifer Ford
The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) conducted an online survey of 1,000 women ages 20 and older, and found that women don't know about the HPV test, which can be vital to detection of the virus and prevention of cervical Read More...
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Focus on Fitness, Not Weight
December 19, 2007 9:11 AM by Michelle Pronsati
A study published this month in JAMA provided some serious validation for exercise, particularly in later life. The study of 2,600 older adults found that when it comes to lowering mortality risk, physical fitness plays a bigger role than body weight. Read More...
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Kicks for Kids
November 26, 2007 9:48 AM by Michelle Pronsati
Heather Riddle, a pediatric nurse practitioner in Florida, has taken the kind of bold step I love to read about. She decided to do something definitive to halt childhood obesity: She opened a fitness center for children. Her business, called Kicks for Read More...
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Why Can’t We Quit?
November 15, 2007 9:09 AM by Jill Rollet
Have you all been watching AMC's Mad Men , the TV series about a Madison Avenue advertising firm in 1960? The premise explores the lofty question of how we create truth — and sell falsehood. We follow the power of sex, ethnicity and money through each Read More...
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