Here are your weekly Vital Signs for week ending 11/8/13 By: Teresa Posthumus    November 18, 2013 What new is happening in the medical community? Below is a few of this week’s  medical headlines. The Medical community is continuously changing we live in an exciting time. Check out what’s new or this week’s flu report; see what may affect how you provide care to your patients. Have a good week Gypsies. 3D Optical Projection Tomography Imaging Detects Lung Cancer with High Sensitivity, Specificity MNT (Medical News Today) New cognitive model ‘could detect early-stage dementia’ New information out on the care of alzheimer’s at an earlier stage and new discoveries. MNT (Medical News Today) Anti-parasite drugs may treat cancer, immune diseases US researchers have discovered that by modifying a long-standing drug used to treat serious parasitic diseases like malaria, they could get it to affect human proteins in a way that looks promising for the treatment of cancer and immune-related diseases. CDC Public Health Grand Rounds Watch CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds, “Combating Resistance: Getting Smart About Antibiotics,” Learn additional knowledge about antibiotics the pro’s and con’s that go along with these medications.  Live: November 19, at 1 p.m. (EST) at   www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds. Weekly FLU Update: That sums up this weeks Nursing Vital Signs, covering the topics that have been prevalent in the Nursing and Healthcare news streams for the past week.  Please visit us again next Monday for more Weekly Nursing Vital Signs.  

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