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Most of the time we concentrate on bringing you the best nursing career advice, but occasionally we drift into what we tend to claim as stress relief. After all nursing is a career that can be mentally as well as physically draining. However, in this case it is all about us. As many of you will know we have a sister ...

By Jeremy Laurance Mobile phones may improve memory and protect against Alzheimer's disease, scientists have discovered. In one of the most unexpected scientific findings for some time, researchers have found that the electromagnetic waves emitted by the devices may improve cognitive function. After years of health warnings about mobile phones, scientists in Florida admit they were as surprised as anyone ...

We are pleased to announce that Bethann Siviter, author of The Student Nurse Handbook and The Newly Qualified Nurse’s Handbook has joined the ProNurse team to offer advice via her ProNurse group Bethann's Student and new nurse sanctuary Bethann has lots of nursing experience, but also offers a different perspective from much of the standard advice for nurses as she really ...

Outside, a blizzard was blowing and the snow was 14 inches deep. But while many took a day off work as the heaviest snowfall in 18 years brought the nation to a standstill, nurse Debbie Noble refused to ignore the call of duty. She dug out her walking boots  -  and trudged nine miles through the snow to save the life ...

By Sandra Dick Careful, you might want to step away from the false eyelashes, the fake fingernails and the earrings. And that superglue you're about to use to stick together some broken household object could be treacherous. Watch out too for the fluff off your socks - for any of these seemingly innocuous everyday bits and pieces could easily land ...

Doctors and nurses are being warned to take care when giving babies an antibiotic after figures showed some were given the wrong dose. Gentamicin is delivered intravenously to treat a range of infections, including breathing difficulties in the first few days of life. The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) issued new guidance after 507 reports of harm or potential harm to ...

Here are some tips students that students can adopt if the wish to improve their essay writing skills: 1.         Make reading a hobby. Those who have a deep understanding of the subject matter compose the best essays. This happens because people have a deep understanding of the issues, concerns, ideas, or concepts that they are tackling. Hence, one of the ...

By Steve Connor Two-page questionnaire detects 93% of patients with Alzheimer's, scientists say A memory test that can detect the early stages of Alzheimer's disease has been developed by doctors who say it can be self- administered by anyone concerned about dementia. A study found that the two-page questionnaire could detect 93 per cent of patients with Alzheimer's disease compared ...

By Jeremy Laurance You are as young as you look, doctors have found. Appearance is a useful guide to longevity and can be used to distinguish those who will die young from those likely to live to a great age, researchers say. People who look young for their age enjoy a longer life than those who look older than their ...

By Torcuil Crichton From True Blood to Let the Right One In, a bit of fictional bloodsucking has become quite fashionable. Always a trendsetter, I've been living in my own personal vampire movie for the past eight months. Every Monday, and sometimes on Thursdays too, I have nearly a pint of blood drained from my body. My "vampires" are benign, ...

Just two to three cups of coffee a day may reduce the risk of a stroke by almost 20 per cent. A study of 83,000women over a 24 year period showed coffee lovers were much less likely to suffer a clot on the brain. The team said it was unlikely that the protection came from caffeine. Other caffeinated drinks did not ...

What a surprise! the RCN are rolling over to have their belly scratched and Unison are outraged. The one interesting thing I picked up from this is that the National Insurance changes arent't likely to apply to NHS staff as the existing deal over changes to the pension over rides this.  

By Jane Feinmann You're eating less and exercising more, but you're still not getting any thinner. Could it be your genes, a lack of sleep - or even an 'obesity virus'? Jane Feinmann investigates If New Year dawned to the vision of a continuing obesity epidemic in your bathroom mirror, you will no doubt have already resolved - once again ...

Bacon and eggs 'could help mothers-to-be boost the intelligence of unborn child' Eating a traditional breakfast of bacon and eggs could help pregnant women boost the intelligence of their unborn child, a new study suggests

By Jeremy Laurance If you feel weak in the winter and sick in the summer, you are not imagining it. The weather really does affect our health - and can be lethal. By Jeremy Laurance For a weather-conscious nation we are comically bad at coping with snow and ice. Traffic jams, grit shortages and school closures are part of the ...

By Ian Birrell Soon after Alan Milburn became Health minister in 1997, he wrote to employers across the National Health Service telling them that staff must have "maximum freedom of speech" without fear of victimisation. Two years later, a ground-breaking piece of legislation gave legal protection and uncapped compensation to whistleblowers in Britain. Only Japan and South Africa have statutes ...

Mirthful laughter was linked to lower cholesterol and less risk of cardiovascular disease in a study of high-risk diabetic patients, U.S. researchers said. Lee Berk, a psychoneuroimmunologist, of Loma Linda University, and Dr. Stanley Tan, an endocrinologist and diabetes specialist at Oak Crest Health Research Institute in Loma Linda, examined the effects of mirthful laughter on 20 high-risk diabetic patients ...

By Jeremy Laurance Experts call for national network of 'shooting galleries' after hailing successful trials cut crime rate among addicts A group of government-appointed drug experts will call for a nationwide network of "shooting galleries" to provide injectable heroin for hardened drug addicts across the country. A pioneering trial programme prescribing heroin to long-term addicts has shown "major benefits" in ...

By Jeremy Laurance 40-year survey of 19,000 men reveals benefits of healthy living in middle-age Doctors have for the first time quantified the effect of the three major killers of middle-aged men: smoking, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Men who smoke and fail to give up, or to control their blood pressure and cholesterol (where necessary) are sacrificing 10 ...

A strong majority says nurses should have more influence than they do now on health policy, planning and management, a U.S. survey indicates. The survey of opinion leaders -- including insurance, corporate, health services, government and industry -- was conducted by Gallup on behalf of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "Nurses are highly trusted sources of healthcare information, but as ...