Attacks on ER Nurses on the Rise
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Bill A3103A landed on New York Governor David Paterson’s desk last week, and with his signature nurses in the state would see harsher penalties for the violent patients who attack them. “The emergency room is a high-risk area to be assaulted,” says Debra Bibartolo, a member of New York State Emergency Nurses Association Government Affair [...]
The longer you sit, the shorter your life
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010The more you sit around, the shorter your average life span is, according to a new study. The effect remained even after researchers factored out obesity or the level of daily physical activity people were engaged in, according to a study of more than 120,000 American adults. We already kind of knew this anyway, but [...]
What If You Only Ate Food in TV Ads?
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010If you were to only eat food that was advertised on television, you would be in a terrible state and in the hospital before you knew it. Your diet would consist of huge amounts of sugar and fat with hardly any fresh fruit and vegetables, according to researchers from Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, [...]
Patients who e-mail with doctors see their health improve
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010Maybe doctors are starting to realize that when you treat patients like actual people, they can heal. Patients with diabetes or hypertension who communicated with their doctors via e-mail got better care and better health outcomes, according to new California research. The improvements as a result of the e-mail exchanges included blood sugar and blood [...]
Vitamin E May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
Thursday, July 8th, 2010People who have high levels of vitamin E in their blood appear to be at a lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from Swedish researchers. The study suggests that vitamin E may prevent cognitive decline, including Alzheimer’s disease, in elderly people. The study followed 232 people from the Kungsholmen Project, a [...]
