Category: Research

Research: BPA Replacements In Plastics Cause Reproductive Problems In Lab Mice

Research: BPA Replacements In Plastics Cause Reproductive Problems In Lab Mice

Twenty years ago, researchers made the accidental discovery that the now infamous plastics ingredient known as bisphenol A or BPA had inadvertently leached out of plastic cages used to house female mice in the...

Study: Household Disinfectants Could Be Making Kids Overweight

Study: Household Disinfectants Could Be Making Kids Overweight

Multi-surface cleaners and other commonly used household disinfectants could be making children overweight by altering the bacteria found in their guts, a new study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests. Infants...

Study: Taking Fish Oil During Pregnancy Boosts Kids Growth In Their First Six Years

Study: Taking Fish Oil During Pregnancy Boosts Kids Growth In Their First Six Years

A new study from Copenhagen University found that children whose mothers took the pills during pregnancy also gained more healthy weight  for six years. The children of women who take fish oil supplement during...

Low Pay, Job Insecurity, Push Indian Nurses Abroad: Studies

Low Pay, Job Insecurity, Push Indian Nurses Abroad: Studies

Low salaries and lack of job security have pushed many Indian nurses working in private hospitals to migrate abroad. However, many such emigrants are forced to work as unlicensed nurses, revealed findings from two...

Breast Cancer Surgery Could Be More Dangerous For Nursing Home Patients Than Cancer

Breast Cancer Surgery Could Be More Dangerous For Nursing Home Patients Than Cancer

Surgery is a mainstay of breast cancer treatment. For most women, it offers a good chance of a cure. But for frail nursing home residents, breast cancer surgery can harm health and even hasten...

Call for Abstracts for the 1st Annual Virtual Symposium on Prentatal-onset Group B Strep Disease (POGBSD)

Call for Abstracts for the 1st Annual Virtual Symposium on Prentatal-onset Group B Strep Disease (POGBSD)

By popular request the Call for Abstracts for the 1st Annual Virtual Symposium on Prenatal-onset Group B Strep Disease (POGBSD) has been extended through the weekend to the 26th of August.  Join our growing...

Doctors often fail to list conflicts in device studies: JAMA report

Doctors often fail to list conflicts in device studies: JAMA report

Dive Brief: An analysis of the 100 physicians receiving the highest compensation from 10 large surgical and medical device manufacturers in CMS’ Open Payments Database in 2015 found a large discrepancy between the payment...

Melanomas may be missed by doctors – study

Melanomas may be missed by doctors – study

Potentially lethal melanomas may be being missed by doctors because the formula they are taught to recognise skin cancers often fails to identify thick melanomas, a University of Otago researcher says. Photo: 123rf.com Doctors...

WHO ICD-11 Study on Diagnostic Specifiers for Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: Invitation to participate.

WHO ICD-11 Study on Diagnostic Specifiers for Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: Invitation to participate.

We are pleased to invite you to participate in an Internet-Based Field Study for ICD-11 Mental and Behavioural Disorders.  This particular study will focus on Diagnostic Specifiers for Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder. You are...

Nurses Can Lead the Way in Research

Nurses Can Lead the Way in Research

Texas — Nursing-led research can help change outcomes for patients, communities, and the healthcare system, as was shown by several posters presented at recent research meetings, reported Linda Grinnell-Merrick, NP, of the University of...