Nursing News

New Publication Offers Relief to Those Suffering from Pain and Other Distressing Symptoms of Illness The National Institute of Nursing Research Brochure Highlights the Benefits of Palliative Care Dealing with the symptoms of a serious illness is difficult.

Technology is transforming the way the medical systems work. Michelle Andrews Premium Health News Service November 20, 2009 Katherine Thomas doesn't remember much about the 19 days she spent in the intensive care unit at Methodist Hospital in Houston.

The nursing profession has repeatedly been rated as the most trusted of the helping professions.

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By Richard Gladstone A nurse undertook a gruelling challenge in Iceland in August to raise money for St Michael's Hospice.

A motivational women-only cardiac rehabilitation program helped reduce symptoms of depression in women with coronary heart disease, a U.S. study has found.

A recent study determined there is a significant risk of seizure for individuals who currently smoke cigarettes.

An admittedly controversial government recommendation on mammograms should not preclude women younger than 50 from getting them but should lead to a discussion with providers on whether the exam is worthwhile, said an Augusta member of that panel.

Both schools districts began their first rounds of the H1-N1 vaccine clinics Wednesday.

You can't have healthy people without a healthy environment. We know that pollution and environmental degradation can cause a range of health problems, from mild stomach ailments to birth defects, cancer, and death.

Alberta Health Services plans to slash 1,200 administrative positions in a bid to cut in half a $1.3-billion projected deficit.

Great Western Hospital chiefs will appear in court next month over the death of Filipino nurse Mayra Cabrera.

People who smoke are more likely to have seizures than those who don't, while caffeine and alcohol do not increase the chances, according to a new study.

The hospital has moved high-dependency patients to a different area. Map: Hobart 7000 A man who was bleeding after surgery in a Tasmanian hospital had to call the triple-0 emergency number for help when he could not raise nurses.

More than 800 administrative staff in South Island public hospitals will strike on Friday as they fight for better pay.

TV dramas like Casualty and Holby City are filled with staff acting unprofessionally, the head of a scandal-hit hospital has said.

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty refuses to rule out forcing some public servants to take unpaid days off.

Top-ranking civil servants have voted in favour of joining a one-day strike over the Government's planned 4bn Budget cuts, it was revealed today.

The two unions that represent Lawrence & Memorial Hospital's 700 nurses and technicians overwhelmingly approved a new contract Monday.

Adults who use pet therapy while recovering from total joint-replacement surgery require 50 percent less pain medication than those who do not.