Medicine News | Medicine News and Information

nurses

01/11/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Decreased melatonin disrupts the body clock and increases cancer risk: Night workers found to have highest risk

Should you quit the night shift? Research says that you probably should — if you’re a woman. That’s what a team of researchers in China found out: According to their study, women who work night shifts are at higher risk of certain cancers. The results determined that working the night shift increased the likelihood of […]

12/03/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Nursing assistants found to contribute to the spread of infections in nursing homes by failing to change their gloves, according to recent study

A study that was published in the September issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the journal of Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), concluded that failure to change gloves, which is common among nursing assistants, may rank as one of the top causes of dangerous pathogens in nursing homes and […]

11/30/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Wave of vaccine resistance building around the globe as call for civil disobedience goes viral among health care workers

An increasing number of U.S. hospitals now require their staff to take mandatory flu vaccines or be terminated from employment. This coercive policy is in violation of the American Medical Association’s code of ethics and precisely violates informed consent of the individual. While most nurses “go along to get along,” not all healthcare workers cave […]

11/30/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Nurses organize against anti-human rights “vaccine mandates” … see Nurses Against Mandatory Vaccines

Most of us have to do things we’d rather not for our jobs once in a while. Whether it’s smiling in the face of a boss or customer we vehemently disagree with or participating in boring conference calls, we chalk it up to being “part of the job” and appreciate the fact that we’re employed […]

11/27/2017 / By JD Heyes

Nation in SHOCK after hidden camera captures nurses laughing like crazy as U.S. veteran gasps for air and dies in a hospital

In a world where there is so much outrageous behavior, most of us have become numb to a great deal of it. But some things do still surpass our “outrage” threshold and this is certainly one of those instances. As reported by Atlanta-based NBC affiliate 11Alive, an undercover video has surfaced showing some of the […]

09/19/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Conventional household cleaners can kill you with increased risk of fatal lung disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a life-threatening condition that results in obstructed airflow and difficulty breathing. There are two main illnesses associated with COPD: Chronic bronchitis, which affects more than 10 million Americans, and emphysema, which over 4.7 million Americans have been diagnosed with. While the most common cause of COPD is smoking and […]

01/10/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Hospital overcrowding causing nurses to lose sleep over fear of mistakes at work

In the best of conditions, nursing is a difficult and often thankless job. But when hospitals become overcrowded and understaffed, the pressure begins to really take its toll. Nurses in Irish hospitals are reporting that they are losing sleep over fear of making mistakes due to hospital overcrowding and the extra responsibility and stress that […]

1 of 1