How important is maternal nutrition in determining the outcome of pregnancy? “Very important,” most lay persons, prenatal care providers and public health policy-makers would reply. But a careful examination of the available evidence does not strongly support such an answer, at least not in industrialized countries such as Canada.
Before I review the evidence, it is [...]

Human enteroviruses in the picornavirus family are subgrouped into polioviruses (PV), coxsackie A viruses (CAV), coxsackie B viruses (CBV), echoviruses (EV) and enteroviruses 68-71. EVs, of which there are 31 serotypes, were first identified as viruses that replicated only in cell cultures, in contrast to polioviruses which infect monkeys and coxsackieviruses which cause disease in [...]

This report follows the December 1999 Alberta Reproductive Health: Pregnancy Outcomes report. The December 1999 report was based on data for 1985 to 1998. The current report is based on the most recent available Alberta data, which includes data up to the end of 1998 or 1999, depending on the source. New to the report [...]

Progress has been made in identifying newborns, who despite best hopes and efforts, are not responding to intensive care support. There are groups of children with diagnoses such as extreme prematurity, absence or failure of vital organs, birth accidents, and congenital conditions, whose status, despite extensive intervention, will remain unchanged or deteriorate. There are other [...]

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The nurse practitioner (NPs) can continue to develop professional capabilities through continuing education programs. Read this article for more information about opportunities for post-graduate program.
What is Continuing Education?
Continue education is the term used for courses and program of work focused on the nurses to take after completing their training and experience they receive. Often education [...]