Home is best
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Home dialysis not only lessens the disruption to the lives of patients requiring dialysis following renal failure, but patients often enjoy better health than with hospital-based treatment. The Mersey Regional Renal Unit's home dialysis programme provides home-based haemodialysis or continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) for around 120 patients who are supported by a six-strong community dialysis nursing team. The experience of a male haemodialysis patient and a female CAPD patient, both in their early 50s, are described.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1992
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Buying a car: how to get the best deal
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A nurse or a midwife considering buying a car must make a number of important decisions. It is possible to obtain a good deal on a secondhand car, especially if paying cash, but it may be worth taking advantage of latest finance schemes on new cars. If money has to be borrowed, it is important to establish exactly what the annual percentage rate will be. It is useful to look through motoring magazines and consumer guides which give detailed comparisons of various models.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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Best way to kill bacteria? Stop them talking
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An experiment in Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed that the bacteria can strengthen their links by communicating with one another using a certain chemical through the process of biofilm forming. Although the bacteria can be eliminated by certain antibiotics, they exhibit stronger resistance when biofilms are already formed. Researchers stress the need to discover the type of chemicals used in communication to develop agents capable of destroying the process.
Publication Name: World Disease Weekly Plus
Subject: Health
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Year: 1998
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