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Indian-Origin Singaporean Nurse Gets International Achievement Award

An Indian-origin nurse in Singapore will receive this year's International Achievement Award by the Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)




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Kerala Government Offers Free Overseas Recruitment for Trained Nurses

Labour Minister, Shibu Baby John, said that the Kerala State government would make recruitment of trained nurses from the state completely free of cost.




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Kerala Government Tells Center to Put on Hold the New Rule on Nurses for Jobs Abroad

The Kerala government has written to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to put on hold the new order that requires all Indian nurses going to 18




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Twelve-Hour Shifts for Nurses may Affect Quality And Safety of Patient Care

New research has found that hospital nurses who work longer than 12-hour shifts have a higher risk of wanting to leave their job and more likely to burn




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Nine Out Of Ten England Hospitals Hit by Nurse Shortage

Britain's National Health Service (NHS) said in a new report that nine in ten hospitals in England fail to provide enough nurses for patients. According




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UK Tops The Chart of Employing Overseas Doctors Than Indigenous Ones

Hospitals are filled with doctors who hail from different countries than the ones born in the United Kingdom, revealed a new study.Economic Co-operation




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Leadership Key to Quality Care and Retention Among Nurses

Nurses who face abusive managers are more likely to quit their job. But a recent study by McGill University and Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres




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Nurse to Patient Ratio Influences Patient Mortality Rates in the UK

Patient mortality rates are significantly lesser among nurses who take care of six patients than nurses who take care of more than ten, revealed a new study.




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Replacing Professional Nurses With Lower Skilled Nurses Linked to Increase In Death Risk

Replacing professional nurses with lower skilled nursing assistants is linked to a heightened risk of patient death, as well as other indicators of poor quality care, reveals a large European study.




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Nurses Crucial for Cost-Effective, Good Quality Healthcare: President Pranab Mukherjee

President Pranab Mukherjee said nurses and midwives are crucial in delivering "cost-effective and good quality healthcare". He was speaking at Rashtrapati




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Nurses Need Training To Identify Victims of Human Trafficking

Healthcare professionals are in a unique position to identify and rescue victims of human trafficking. Trafficking is the recruitment, transportation,




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Lot of Nurses Face Reproductive Health and Chronic Disease Risk

Not all jobs are created equal. Nurses have to endure a lot of sacrifices to be in that profession. It's worst for those who are on a floating schedule.




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Chances of Muscle Wasting are Less in Obese People

Chances of muscle wasting in critical care are lesser in obese people when compared to ordinary people, finds a new study. The findings of this study




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Good Communication is Essential Between Doctors and Nurses for Patient Safety

Video recordings of a hospital scenario shows how poor is communication between nurses and doctors. This study mainly Communication breakdown that occurs betwen nurses and doctors.




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Nurse-researcher Creates a 10-Step Model to Help Mothers Breastfeed Critically Ill Infants

A 10-Step Model has been created by a Nurse-researcher- Diane Spatz to help Mothers Breastfeed their Critically Ill babies. The findings of study are




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Nurses' Role in Telling You 'Too Much Sitting is Bad for Your Health'

Sitting for too many hours each day, or sitting for long periods without a break, is known to increase a wide range of health risks, even if the person




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Nurses Can Provide Better End-Of-Life Care If The Opportunity Is Given

Nurses could be the solution to the current End-of-life care quality, finds a new study. They have found that nearly 53% of the patients often experience




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Nurses and Combating the Societal Stigma of Poverty

Poverty takes a toll on health in many ways. It often causes malnutrition and hunger, creates barriers to access basic resources, and can also impact




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Seasonal Variations in Hypertensive Disorders During Pregnancy Identified

Seasonal variations have been observed in the risk of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy--including gestational hypertension and preeclampsia, said new study.




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Research Unearths Publicly Funded Pregnancy-related Programs Can Improve Maternal Mortality Rates

The study conducted by FAU College of Business faculty members Patrick Bernet, Ph.D., Gulcin Gumus, Ph.D., and Sharmila Vishwasrao, Ph.D., and recently




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Menopause Timing Hard to Determine in Every Third Woman: Study

In more than 1 in 3 women aged 50 and above, the body provides no answer about the menopausal age, increased use of birth control pills and hormonal intrauterine




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Menopause Vitamin D Deficiency Causes Disc Degeneration, Back Pain

Lumbar disc degeneration causes lower back pain among menopausal women due to decreasing estrogen levels, according to a new study published online in




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Stroke Risk and Sex Hormone-related Protein Levels Linked

In women, reduced levels of a protein that binds to and transports sex hormones in the blood may help predict risk of ischemic stroke, stated a preliminary




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Antibiotics Cause Birth Defects When Used During Pregnancy

Babies of mothers prescribed macrolide antibiotics during early pregnancy are at more risk of developing birth defects like heart defects, compared with




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Menopausal Age Not Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

A new research published in the journal Heart suggested that the age at which a woman's periods stop, and the menopause starts, doesn't seemed to be associated




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Exposure to Heatwaves Tied to Increased Risk of Preterm Delivery

Exposure to heatwaves during the week before birth was strongly associated with an increased risk of preterm delivery, the hotter the temperature or,




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Starting Estradiol Therapy Soon After Menopause can Benefit Heart Health

Initiating estradiol therapy within the first six years following the onset of menopause could pay major dividends for a woman's cardiovascular health later in life, reports a new study.




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Family History of Heart Disease can Make Early Removal of Ovaries Risky

Women with a family history of premature heart disease may face more health complications during premature removal of ovaries, reports a new study. Women




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Hormone That Causes Women to Experience More Pain Than Men Discovered

A new mechanism that explains why women may be more vulnerable than men to develop pain in general, as well as to develop pain from opioids specifically has been identified by researchers.




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Post-surgical Menopause: Fresh Insights

In women who have undergone a surgical menopause for cancer risk-reduction, or RRSO, assessing adverse childhood experiences and current anxiety and depression




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Women's Lifestyle Changes, Even in Middle Age, may Decrease Future Stroke Risk

Women changing to a healthy lifestyle, even during the 50s, still have the potential to prevent strokes, reveals a new study. The findings of the study




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New Insights into Menopause and Weight Gain

Reprimo gene, which is expressed by specific neurons in the brain, may play a role in menopause-related weight gain, a phenomenon not associated with increased eating, reports a new study.




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Does Primary Ovarian Insufficiency Increase Your Risks for Obesity, Diabetes?

Primary ovarian insufficiency may increase the risk of obesity and diabetes. A new study is digging deeper into reproductive health and body mass index.




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Menopause Will be Delayed, Reveals Study

McMaster University researchers have revealed that menopause will be delayed and possibly cease to exist altogether. While others see menopause as




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Exercise During Pregnancy Reduces Obesity Among Offspring: Study

Physical fitness during pregnancy was found to reduce obesity among offspring, stated new study published today in Science Advances led by Min Du, professor




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Ova of Obese Women Have Lower Levels of Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Study

Oocytes from women who are obese or overweight have a different fatty acid composition compared with oocytes of women with normal weight, reports a new study.




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Pregnant Women with Heart Disease Require Specialized Care

Women with pre-existing heart conditions should receive preconception counseling by a cardio-obstetrics team or health care providers experienced in high-risk




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Spaceflight may Cause Blood Clots in Female Astronauts

Female astronauts can be affected with the risk of blood clots associated with spaceflight. The study, published in Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance,




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Causes Of Female Infertility Revealed

Few genes play a far more complex role in oocyte maturation than previously assumed according to geneticists. Over the last six years a group of Estonian




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Blood Pressure Control Less Likely Among Those Treated in Low-income Areas: Study

People who received treatment in low-income areas were half as likely to have their blood pressure controlled in a six-year clinical trial, according




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Intensive Blood Pressure Control Linked to Less Progression of Brain Vascular Disease

Among patients with high blood pressure, intensive blood pressure control was linked to a smaller increase in brain white matter lesions (a marker of




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Heating Pads may Decrease Blood Pressure in People with Supine Hypertension

Individuals with supine hypertension, a condition that causes their blood pressure to rise when they lie down, including during sleep can lower their




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Arm Cuff Blood Pressure Measurements may Fall Short for Heart Disease Risk Prediction

In people with difficult-to-treat high blood pressure, a measurement of central blood pressure could help cut the risk of heart disease better than traditional




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Severe OSA may Up High Blood Pressure Risk in Patients with Resistant Hypertension

Resistant hypertension patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at a higher risk of having high blood pressure (HBP), reports a new study.




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Hypertension During Pregnancy can Raise Future Heart Disease Risk

Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy, including conditions like preeclampsia, have a raised risk of developing cardiovascular disorders later in life, including stroke, heart failure.




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Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Raise the Risk of High Blood Pressure Later in Life

First-time pregnancy complications such as preterm delivery and preeclampsia can boost the chances of developing chronic hypertension in women later in life, reports a new study.




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Cause of High Nighttime Blood Pressure in Apnea Patients Identified

Patients with OSA are at an high risk of cardiovascular problems due to a mechanism called "reverse dipping" that causes blood pressure to increase than lower during sleep.




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Young Adults: Spikes in Blood Pressure Linked to Heart Disease Risk

In young adults, variable blood pressure readings are overlooked early warning sign of heart disease, a new analysis led by Duke Health researchers shows.




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Cumulative Doses of Oral Steroids Tied to Increased Blood Pressure

Increasing doses of oral steroids in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases are linked to increased hypertension (blood pressure) for those who take them regularly, reports a new study.




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Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Kidney Disease Patients

The potential benefits of blood pressure monitoring outside of doctors' offices for patients with kidney disease have been examined by two studies published in CIASN.