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Advancement In Nursing

If you are considering entering the health care world, you might want to become a registered nurse. Registered nurses account for the largest health care occupation with 2.5 million jobs and that’s only counting in the United States.

You don’t have to worry about career advancements too since there are many to choose from. Most […]

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Two Doctors and a Nurse Suspended For Rectal Surgery Scandal

Here is an update on the rectal surgery scandal where a video showing the misconduct of a medical team while extracting a canister from a patient’s rectum was uploaded on YouTube. It was

Apparently justice has been done and two doctors and a nurse are facing preventive suspension for three months. Many have questioned this […]

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Kids Drinking Starbucks After School

Have you noticed that there’s Starbucks near elementary schools? If so, you should try going in to one after school hours and you will see most customers are elementary school students. Doesn’t that shock you? These kids from ages 8 to 12 years old are drinking coffee with the size of ventis! This is quite […]

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U.S. Shortage In Nurses

We all know about the nursing shortage in the U.S. The news now is that it has gone to an all time low. Yes, the number of nurses to cover all the patients in the hospitals is lower than ever. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn’t seem to worry about this since they are […]

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Generics Not As Good As Brand Drugs: Registered Nurse Survey

There was a national online survey conducted by the American Society of Registered Nurses on April 28 to determine if generic drugs were as good as brand drugs. The results showed that 41% of the 781 Registered Nurses surveyed said that generics weren’t as good as brand drugs.

You would probably ask how come it […]

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Insulin Pumps Cause Injuries

Type 1 diabetes or also known as juvenile diabetes mostly occurs in your children or teens whose own body attacks the pancreas so it produces lesser or no insulin. This would mean the diabetic has to provide the body with insulin through other means and this includes insulin injections and also through pumps.

Although the […]

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The Fit But Fat Theory

Have you heard about the fit but fat theory? It’s when a person is overweight or obese but still he exercises regularly or is constantly active in most days of the week. This has been a theory long studied by many researchers to determine if there is a relationship between being fit but fat and […]

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EV 71: A Threat to the Olympics?

China, which is to host the Beijing Olympics, is now having a problem with another disease outbreak, the EV71 or also known as the Enterovirus 71. This highly infectious virus has already caused the deaths of 25 children in China. Could this child virus become a threat to the Olympics?

The EV71 was discovered late […]

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Get Your Kids Vaccinated

Some of you might ask yourselves why you should go through all the trouble of remembering dates for your kid’s vaccination schedules. That’s because there are lots of diseases that can be prevented through vaccines. It could mean that you have to pay for the shots but those expenses are negligible compared to the expenses […]

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What’s wrong about Pregnancy with Diabetes?

Reports have shown that rates of women starting their pregnancies with type 1 or type 2 Diabetes have doubled since 1999. But the statistics on women developing diabetes during pregnancy, which is called gestational diabetes, remains the same and that is the good part about it.

Diabetes is considered a risk factor when the woman […]

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