(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Parsippany, NJ, October 28. 2014 – There are few family events more difficult or disruptive for children than divorce. Children are invariably confused and frightened by the threat to their security, parents try to do everything they can to provide stability and reassure the children that they both will continue to love them and provide for their well-being..
Month: October 2014
Family’s Battle With Cancer Draws Nurse Into Run for Her
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LOS ANGELES (Oct. 28, 2014) – Brenda Durand, RN, became a nurse because of her mother, Bonnie, who spent most of her career working as a nurse in a cardiac catheterization lab.
Study Documents Millions in Unused Medical Supplies in U.S. Operating Rooms Each Year
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A Johns Hopkins research team reports that major hospitals across the U.S. collectively throw away at least $15 million a year in unused operating room surgical supplies that could be salvaged and used to ease critical shortages, improve surgical care and boost public health in developing countries.
Suicide Resilience and Vulnerability
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Religious beliefs and practices may reduce thoughts of suicide among African-American adults in stressful life events induced by racial discrimination, according to a new research study conducted at the University of Houston (UH).
Blood Vessel Growth in the Brain Relies on a Protein Found in Tumor Blood Vessels
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Do blood vessels that feed tumors differ from other blood vessels? Fourteen years ago, experiments designed to answer that question led to the discovery of several genes that are more active in tumor-associated blood vessels than in normal blood vessels.
UF Researchers Discover Leukemia’s Hiding Places
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In patients with leukemia, cancer cells can embed within the walls of blood vessels and hide from chemotherapy, according to a University of Florida study published in the Oct. 8 edition of the journal Leukemia.
Winter Eye Care Tips
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The winter season is fast approaching and that change in weather can affect muscle, bone, and even eye health. According to recent statistics, approximately 33 million Americans suffer from eye health issues like dry eye syndrome.
A Fireball in Space Reveals the Nature of Novae
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New Haven, Conn.-For the first time, scientists have measured the size and structure of a nova’s nuclear blast as it happened – thanks, in part, to a Yale University astronomer’s timely observations.
New View On How Cells Control What Comes In And Out (IMAGE)
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A common protein plays a different role than previously thought in the opening and closing of channels that let ions flow in and out of our cells, researchers at Johns Hopkins report.
Pure Food: FDA Notices of Judgment
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Dr. Suzanne Junod, a historian in the FDA History Office. In celebration of the completion of NLM’s digital archive of Continue reading Source: NLM
Want To Stop Terrorism – Support Rural Farms
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – According to Kanayo Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), rural people throughout the world are not looking for international aid. Most of them are farmers with a business that is not working.
How To Fix Science
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Around a year ago, this column ran a piece entitled “Whatever Happened To Science?” As Baby Boomers will recall, during our early youth, our little heads were crammed full of the promise of Science:
4 Skills Needed to Find Your Soul Mate
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Time Magazine recently reported on a concept many of us have, “That good marriages and relationships are based on finding our soul mate or our perfect one.”
Early Support Program for Autism Connects Families to Autism Resources
(HealthNewsDigest,com) – Finding autism caregivers and treatments is a daunting challenge for families facing a new autism diagnosis. But now there’s help.
Energy Tips For Colder Weather
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – There’s now a new resource from the Eldercare Locator to help keep older adults safe and warm during the cold weather months.
Sweden’s Environmental Leadership
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – It’s true that Swedencame out on top in the recently released ranking of 60 countries according to sustainability by consulting firm Dual Citizen Inc. in its fourth annual Global Green Economy Index (GGEI).
How a Tummy Tuck Compares to Laser Skin Tightening
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Most people prefer non-surgical treatments, whenever possible. After all, no one enjoys the thought of surgery with a lengthy downtime and uncomfortable recovery.
Educate Nurses on Ebola Via Free Webinars
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SILVER SPRING, MD – On the heels of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) release of more stringent guidelines regarding use of personal protective equipment in clinical settings, the American Nurses Association (ANA) will host a two-part Ebola virus disease education webinar series Oct. 28 and Oct. 30.
Johns Hopkins to Lead Development of Ebola Training
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Johns Hopkins Medicine has been tasked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lead a group and to design an interactive Web-based learning program that guides health care workers, nurses and physicians
Making Progress Toward a World Without Polio
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A world free from polio is possible thanks to extraordinary progress made since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988 when 350,000 polio cases were reported in 125 polio-endemic countries around the world.