(NEW YORK, NY, April 12, 2012) —Maintaining the right level of sugar in the blood is the responsibility not only of insulin, which removes glucose, but also of a hormone called glucagon, which adds glucose.
HB 310 Temporarily Reinstates Funding for the Alaska Immunization Program Through 2015
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) was recently named the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Carolyn Boone Lewis Living the Vision Award winner for its work in improving the health of Alaska Native and American Indian people through actions that go beyond traditional hospital care.
Scattering a gram of powdered antibiotic (vancomycin) directly into a spinal surgery wound appears to be a safe, cost-effective way to achieve low post-operative infection rates, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study.