A new ad highlighting the health of Republican presidential candidate John McCain recently hit the media. It features a list of controversies surrounding Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the sound of a female vocalist crooning about the "achin" heart of McCain, and the reality that Palin could be "one heartbeat away" from leading the country.

As a nursing student in the United States, it’s sometimes hard to imagine a world where bandages, stethoscopes, and up-to-date books are rare commodities. Students and professors at Mount Carmel College of Nursing (MCCN) in Columbus, OH, took action to bring information and some of those supplies to fellow nursing students in Gambia, Africa.