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The latest nursing news from News Medical |
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 | | |  The challenges of shift work on diet, sleep, and well-being Healthcare shift workers face dietary and sleep challenges, leading to burnout and health issues. Effective interventions are crucial for their well-being. | | | | |  Early puberty and childbirth tied to accelerated aging and higher disease risk Reproductive timing matters when it comes to aging and age-related disease. In a study now online at eLife¸ Buck researchers determine that girls who go through puberty (the onset of menstruation) before the age of 11 or women who give birth before the age of 21 have double the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart failure and obesity and quadruple the risk of developing severe metabolic disorders. | |
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| | | | | People recovering from heart failure should consider improving the regularity of their sleep, a study led by Oregon Health & Science University suggests. | | | | |  On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed landmark legislation creating Medicare and Medicaid. Sixty years later, the programs represent a fifth of the federal budget and provide coverage to nearly 1 in 4 Americans. | | | | |  The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) has published a new position statement that provides best-practice guidance for the treatment of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) using transcatheter occlusion (tcPDA) in premature infants. | | | | |  The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has released a landmark update to its list of alternatives to medications listed in the 2023 AGS Beers Criteria - the most widely adopted guidelines to help clinicians identify potentially inappropriate medications for older adults. | | | | |  Infection control is paramount in prosthodontics and oral implantology to prevent complications like denture stomatitis and peri-implantitis. | | | | |  A new publication highlights the success of an international partnership working to strengthen nursing and midwifery in the Caribbean. | | | | |  A major study reveals that prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, once widely used in homes and farms, may have lasting effects on children’s brains, from disrupted metabolism to weaker motor skills. Study: Brain Abnormalities in Children Exposed Prenatally to the Pesticide Chlorpyrifos. Image credit: hedgehog94/Shutterstock. | |
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