At MDLinx.com we read 2,000 journals a day so you don’t have to! On a daily basis Nurse Practitioners can find leading medical news articles and peer-reviewed journals ranked, summarized and sorted into over 30 medical specialties. As a member of MDLinx, you will receive daily updates straight to your email inbox FREE OF CHARGE! In addition to being privy to summarized journal articles from all the publishers and the popular press, your membership includes Nurse Practitioner e-newsletters, conference updates, current job listings, paid market research opportunities and continuing medical education (CE) activities.
Below you will find bonus content hand-picked by our senior medical editor, D. Scott Cunningham, MD, Ph.D, as well as clinical pearls derived from our Internal Medicine Review. All this plus more, free with your membership. Sign up today!
Your Unread Messages in Nurse Practitioner
See All >> Messages include industry-sponsored communications and special communications from MDLinx21 Single-Leg Squats Identify Independent Stair Negotiation Ability in Older Adults Referred for a Physiotherapy Mobility Assessment at a Rural Hospital Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 30, 2013 Clinical Article
22 Determinants of inter birth interval among married women living in rural pastoral communities of southern Ethiopia: a case control study Full Text BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, May 30, 2013
23 Marginalisation and cardiovascular disease among rural Sami in Northern Norway: a population-based cross-sectional study Full Text BMC Public Health, May 30, 2013 Clinical Article
24 Rural school employees' status, awareness, and perceptions of adult vaccinations The Journal of School Nursing, May 30, 2013
25 Urbanisation, urbanicity, and health: a systematic review of the reliability and validity of urbanicity scales Full Text BMC Public Health, May 29, 2013 Review Article
26 What primary health care services should residents of rural and remote Australia be able to access? A Systematic Review of core primary health care services Full Text BMC Health Services Research, May 29, 2013 Review Article
27 Differences in preferences for rural job postings between nursing students and practicing nurses: evidence from a discrete choice experiment in lao peoples democratic republic Full Text Human Resources for Health, May 28, 2013 Review Article
28 Effects of a proposed rural dental school on regional dental workforce and access to care Full Text Rural and Remote Health, May 28, 2013 Review Article
29 The queensland health rural generalist pathway: providing a medical workforce for the bush Full Text Rural and Remote Health, May 28, 2013 Review Article
30 Evaluation of how integrated HIV and TB programs are implemented in South Africa and the implications for rural-urban equity Full Text Rural and Remote Health, May 28, 2013 Review Article
31 A qualitative study of rural primary care clinician views on remote monitoring technologies The Journal of Rural Health, May 28, 2013 Review Article
32 Predictors of depressive symptoms in older rural couples: the impact of work, stress and health The Journal of Rural Health, May 28, 2013 Clinical Article
33 Diagnosing cancer in the bush: a mixed methods study of GP and specialist diagnostic intervals in rural Western Australia Family Practice, May 24, 2013 Review Article
34 Gatekeeping and referrals to cardiologists: General practitioners views on interactive communications Full Text Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, May 24, 2013 Clinical Article
35 Strategies for moving towards equity in recruitment of rural and Aboriginal research participants Full Text Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Review Article
36 Water sanitation, access, use and self-reported diarrheal disease in rural Honduras Full Text Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Review Article
37 Is there a rural gradient in the diagnosis of aortic stenosis? An analysis of a remote Scottish cohort Full Text Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Clinical Article
38 Determinants of anaemia among pregnant women in rural Uganda Full Text Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Clinical Article
39 A national study into the rural and remote pharmacist workforce Full Text Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Review Article
40 Unique factors rural veterans affairs hospitals face when implementing health care-associated infection prevention initiatives The Journal of Rural Health, May 24, 2013 Review Article
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health conducted a study involving 96,008 women in the Nurse’s Health Study II with 18 years of follow up, which demonstrated a strikingly strong association with non-fatal cardiovascular disease. There were 2463 participants with psoriasis and 1,709,069 person-years of follow up. There were 713 cases of non-fatal cardiovascular disease (HR=1.55). The HRs for myocardial infarction and stroke were 1.70 and 1.45, respectively. For women with psoriatic arthritis, the HR was 3.47. For women < 40 years of age and psoriasis > 9 years, the HRs were 3.26 and 3.09, respectively.
Read the article summaryAs reported in the British Journal of Dermatology, two cytokine genes (IL-2RA and TNF/LTA) which have been implicated in autoimmune diseases are associated with severe alopecia areata. The study involved 768 patients with alopecia areata and 658 controls, and 26 cytokine genes were genotyped.
Read the article summaryAs reported in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and based on participants in the Nurses’ Health Study, Women’s Health Study, Health Professionals’ Follow-up Study, and Physicians’ Health Study II, total testosterone (RR = 0.62) and SHBG levels (RR = 0.65), and the estradiol:testosterone ratio (RR = 2.63) are associated with colorectal cancer risk in men. An inverse association exists between the estradiol:testosterone ratio (RR = 0.43) and colorectal cancer risk in women.
Read the article summary1 Diagnosing cancer in the bush: a mixed methods study of GP and specialist diagnostic intervals in rural Western Australia Family Practice, May 24, 2013 Review Article
2 Models of maternity care in rural environments: Barriers and attributes of interprofessional collaboration with midwives Midwifery, May 24, 2013
3 Determinants of anaemia among pregnant women in rural Uganda Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Free full text
4 Living with a ball and chain: the experience of stroke for individuals and their caregivers in rural appalachian kentucky The Journal of Rural Health, May 24, 2013 Review Article
5 A national study into the rural and remote pharmacist workforce Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Free full text Review Article
6 The association of intimate partner violence and depressive symptoms in a cohort of rural couples The Journal of Rural Health, May 24, 2013
7 Strategies for moving towards equity in recruitment of rural and Aboriginal research participants Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Free full text Review Article
8 Rural, suburban, and urban differences in factors that impact physician adherence to clinical preventive service guidelines The Journal of Rural Health, May 24, 2013 Clinical Guideline
9 Is there a rural gradient in the diagnosis of aortic stenosis? An analysis of a remote Scottish cohort Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Free full text
10 Water sanitation, access, use and self-reported diarrheal disease in rural Honduras Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Free full text Review Article
11 Gatekeeping and referrals to cardiologists: General practitioners views on interactive communications Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, May 24, 2013 Free full text
12 Motivation and incentives of rural maternal and neonatal health care providers: a comparison of qualitative findings from Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania BMC Health Services Research, May 14, 2013 Free full text Review Article
13 Unique factors rural veterans affairs hospitals face when implementing health care-associated infection prevention initiatives The Journal of Rural Health, May 24, 2013 Review Article
Indexed Journals in Nurse Practitioner: Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Holistic Nursing Practice more
Register now to view all the MDLinx contents (FREE)!
Login
Stay current - Media Tool
♦ Subscribe to our free RSS feeds:
Get the latest news in your specialty automatically added to your newsreader or your personal My Yahoo!, Google, My MSN or My AOL page. Learn More ♦
♦ Follow Us on Twitter
Twitter is a rich source of instantly updated information. Join today and follow @MDLinx to start receiving tweets. Learn More ♦
Close