James B West PA-C

Recommended Articles

• Nursing: A Way Out of Poverty and into the Computer Age?

  Healthcare jobs are expected to be at least a third of all jobs in the US over the next decade. Healthcare urgently needs educated and proficient workers as this is an exploding field since the dynamic of Americans ages 65 and older, who need health care, will double by 2060. As the population ages,...

• Pregnancy Does Not Affect Breast Cancer Recurrence, Study Finds

  There is a fear among some survivors of breast cancer that having a baby can cause the cancer to come back. For a while, there was no hard evidence one way or the other, so this question could cloud the mind of some women. Only ten percent of young women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer go...

• Seven-year-old Lymphoma Ninja Warrior Fights Through 500 Days of Chemo

  In some ways, Von Kleiv is an ordinary 7-year-old boy. He goes to Welch Elementary School in Dover, Delaware. He’s in second grade. He’s getting into karate, and just broke his first wooden board at his first demonstration. People know him as a boy warrior with a strong spirit. He is optimistic,...

• When Procedure Safety Concerns are Missed in Nursing

  The Universal Protocol is an integral part of practicing medicine, particularly in surgical and otherwise invasive procedures. The protocols were put in place to ensure that the right procedure is performed on the correct patient, so that not only are signs of adverse reactions to sedatives and...

• Is Hormone Replacement Therapy Preventing Women from Getting Mammograms?

  According to a new study, the sudden drop in the rate of mammograms taken by women is due to the fear of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Up to the year 2000, many women used to take up mammography, once every two years, as a screening method for breast cancer. By the year 2005, researchers...

• Stress Relievers for Nurses

  When it comes to nursing, stress is a consistent thing that affects our daily life activities. I believe almost every one of you would agree with me. Today, both mental, as well as physical stresses are growing issues among nurses. This is not a thing that can be avoided. I say this because we are...