Considering the present scenario of critical shortage of nurses in the USA, a need is felt to have any kind of help from all USA based groups towards our organization. After 11th September, USA needs a large number of foreign nurses to improve their health care system. As per acute critical shortage of nurses in [...]
A recent study, published in the journal Cancer, has identified what study authors are calling a developing epidemic of melanoma among Californians of Latino descent. According to researchers, the incidence of melanoma in Latinos is much lower than among whites. However, the rate of skin cancer among Latino males has climbed by 7 percent per [...]
According to a recent report published in Diabetes Care, 48.3 million U.S. citizens will have diabetes by 2050. This prevalence rate of 12 percent is more than double the current national rate (5.62 percent), and could be higher if obesity continues to rise. If incidence rates continue to rise, the impact on future numbers with [...]
According to a recent study funded by the Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), minority patients with heart failure who had nurse-led care experienced better health outcomes than those who self-managed their care. Although this randomized study was conducted on a modest-sized and specific population, we can glean lessons that [...]
More than 5,550 registered nurses from 15 Northern California hospitals ended their two-day strike today, the largest registered-nurse walkout in a decade. Several hospitals, however, are refusing to let some nurses return to work until next week. Thirteen hospitals operated by the Sutter Health chain were affected, as were two hospitals operated by the Fremont-Rideout [...]
With promotion for breast cancer awareness month in full swing, findings from a survey recently released by the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) suggest the need for a new focus. While many women may consider themselves well informed about breast cancer, the new study suggested that patient knowledge is often inaccurate. According to the NBCC [...]
A team of National Institutes of Health researchers has concluded in a review published in the British journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases that the life-saving benefits of the flu vaccine for seniors and the frail have been “vastly overstated.” The review authors found that, even though vaccination rates have increased from 15 percent to 65 [...]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a report recommending a ban on all over-the-counter multi-symptom cold and cough medicines for children younger than 6. Safety officials are claiming that such remedies are not only unsafe for young children, but ineffective as well. The preliminary recommendation would apply to decongestant use in children under [...]
Researchers from Oxford University say abstinence only sex education programs have no impact on rates of sexually transmitted disease, including HIV transmission, or rates of unprotected sex. Researchers analyzed 13 U.S. trials involving more than 15,000 people ages 10 to 21. “No abstinence only program affected incidence of unprotected vaginal sex, number of partners, condom [...]
A new study released by the University of Michigan (UM) Cardiovascular Center and the Yale School of Medicine claims that 10 percent of heart-attack patients who could benefit from emergency angioplasty or fibrinolytic medications do not get the treatment. The analysis of emergency reperfusion was drawn from a 10-year study period broken into three sections: [...]
