7 Baby and Toddler Safety Concerns For Parents
Having a baby is one of the most amazing experiences in anyone’s life. It also can be one of the most overwhelming, especially when it comes to baby safety. The list of things to prepare...
What’s Next for the AHCA?
As the dust settled Thursday afternoon and evening on the U.S. House of Representatives’ 217-213 vote to approve the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the American people and the healthcare industry braced themselves for...
Careers in Occupational Safety & Health
Every year, thousands of people are injured while working on the job, many of them in the healthcare industry. Occupational safety and health professionals are there to help. Hospitals and medical clinics actually have more...
New Cancer Blood Test Technique Uses Labyrinth-Shaped Tubes
A group of University of Michigan chemical engineering and oncology researchers devised a blood test technique that uses the principals of a labyrinth to isolate rare cancer cells for cleaner, more-accurate analysis. A clinical trial...
How can Biotechnology Help us Understand our Bodies?
Researchers at Massachusetts-based MC10 are exploring electronic technology that can stretch and fit the contours of the human body. The electronic monitoring device, nicknamed the Bio-stamp, can bend and twist with the people that...
WHO’s Essential Meds List: Slowing the Pace of Antibiotic Resistance
The 2017 Essential Medicines List released Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) includes new drugs for hepatitis C, leukemia, HIV and tuberculosis, among others. The updated list also makes new recommendations for what antibiotics...
Careers in Integrative Medicine
Integrative medicine is an emerging field of healthcare that incorporates a variety of medical philosophies under one umbrella. Physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners and other healthcare professionals who work in integrative medicine are concerned with the...
10 Vital and Growing Healthcare Support Careers
Healthcare careers remain a promising path, despite the relative uncertainty about the immediate future of the American healthcare system. No matter if the Affordable Care Act is replaced, the millions of aging Baby Boomers...
New Licensed Registered Nurses Must Now Earn a BSN in New York
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law the “BSN in 10” mandate on Monday, requiring newly licensed registered nurses to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing within a decade of their licensure. Currently...
Healthcare Sector Adds 31,000 Jobs in December
The healthcare sector continued to grow in December, with 31,000 jobs added according to the monthly employment report issued today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The growth in December was sparked by added...