Global Panel Shapes the Future of Midwifery
Improving global health care is daunting, especially given the ever-increasing complexities and challenges facing providers worldwide....
In the Sex Ed Classroom, Nursing Students Make Great Teachers
Remember sex ed class in school? Who can forget the cringeworthy sight of watching a teacher put a condom on a banana? It hasn’t gotten...
HPV can increase your chances of oral cancer
April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month. If you’ve just read that and think you can ignore it because you don’t use tobacco products, it...
The material holding up this famous tower could also hold your new tooth
Titanium. It’s nature’s super-metal, named after the Titans of Greek mythology — a race of all-powerful deities — because of its superior...
Prediabetes can be a second chance for a healthy life
So you’ve been diagnosed with prediabetes? Well, you’ve been given a second chance with your health. Prediabetes means your blood sugar...
8 Important Decisions to Make When Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
As soon as you’re diagnosed with breast cancer, you not only have to deal with many emotions but also decisions that will touch every...
Breast Care Team Encircles Patients with Expert Help From Day One
After receiving a breast cancer diagnosis, patients can feel like they’ve embarked on an unplanned journey through a strange land, where...
Keeping Up With Cancer Screening Guidelines
The guidelines for when and how often to get common cancer screening tests such as colonoscopies, PAP smears, PSA tests and mammograms...
Sarcoidosis: What You Should Know About This Young Person's Disease
Imagine a disease that can strike any joint or organ at any time, with no known cause or cure. Sarcoidosis is just that — an elusive...
Nurses Tackle the Obesity Epidemic in Pregnant Women
With more than one-third of Americans now considered obese, it seems like everyone from first lady Michelle Obama on down is looking...
Don't Be a Victim of the Obesity Crisis
Maybe you’ve noticed it when you watch TV shows and movies from a few decades ago. Or when you look at old photographs. Or when you go...
Nurses Help Save the Lives of Stroke Patients
When a stroke hits, time is precious. There is a narrow window of time for lifesaving measures, usually only a few hours. Until recent...
Real Nursing Stories: Life in the ER
The real life of an emergency room nurse might not be exactly what's depicted on TV, but there can still be plenty of drama....
The Best Sleep Positions
Are you a starfish or a log? A face planter or a thinker? Sleep experts say that although sleep positions are largely a matter of...
How to Take a Great Nap
Have you ever watched your dog or cat blissfully napping next to you and wondered, “Why can’t I do that?” The truth is, you can and...
How to burn the same calories as running, without the impact
In-line skating probably is an activity you remember fondly from childhood. However, there’s a resurgence in in-line skating among adults...
Horseback riding as equine therapy
From young children with autism to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder to seniors with Alzheimer's disease — and just typical...
Basic self-defense everyone should know
When it comes to self-defense, your best moves are not maneuvers you’ve only read about or seen in movies — experts encourage you to take...
7 Sleep Tips for Summer Nights
It’s summertime, and sleeping is often not all that easy. With or without air conditioning, many people have trouble sleeping in warm...
How to Sleep When Plagued with Allergies
Do you suffer from daily sneezing, sniffling, runny nose, watery eyes or clogged sinuses? You could be one of the millions of people with...
Gadgets Help Arthritis Sufferers Get a Grip
In addition to being painful, arthritis can be limiting. Simple everyday tasks become major challenges. Fortunately, many clever,...
Are you ready for a knee replacement?
If you think you are too young to be one of the 600,000 folks considering having knee replacement this year, you may be surprised....
Treating dementia with high- and low-tech therapies
When you move a loved one into a memory care community, your family is entering a whole new world. Modern memory care is highly...
Plastic Surgery Bounces Back
Americans spent more than ever on cosmetic surgery in 2013—more than $12 billion. Nearly 2 million procedures were performed, a 6.5...
Alternative Cancer Treatments
Curing cancer is still the holy grail of health care. Unfortunately, there is no perfect cure for every cancer in every patient. That...
Transitioning to Cancer Recovery
It is just as important to plan for success after cancer treatment as it is before beginning it, experts say. In 2006, the Institute of...
Go retro when it comes to superfoods
Practically every celebrity, TV show and magazine related to food or health has come out with a list of “superfoods” we all should be...
Hospice helps families cope
When a loved one is slipping away, your family's whole world shifts. You're often on unfamiliar ground, dealing with complicated medical...
Telescope implant brings hope to age-related macular degeneration
Up until very recently, a diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration was a point of no return in vision loss. (AMD is when retinal...
Gluten free in your 50s and beyond
We've all seen the words "gluten free" on food labels and menus more and more these days, denoting a food is free of gluten, a protein...
Vetting your vitamins
Do you take a vitamin pill every day? If so, did you ever stop to consider whether you actually need it? Have you read the label? Do your...
How to determine what medical screening is necessary
There has been a lot of news about medical tests lately. Physicians are coming out against unnecessary testing and screenings to save...