Marvel’s Claire Temple and Real-Life Nurses: Super. Heroes.
Are nurses superheroes? Possibly. After all, once upon a time, nurses and superheroes were two of the few groups of professionals whose uniforms included capes. Capes, which were only worn outdoors (and rarely since the...
7 Medical Documentaries You Should Stream ASAP
The healthcare industry has given rise to many memorable documentaries. Some focus on medical innovation and breakthroughs. Others focus on financial issues surrounding the healthcare industry. In the case of the following seven documentaries, all...
Stay Cool: Heat Awareness Day
Climate change did not create hot summers. In the Northern Hemisphere, as far as climate scientists know, the weather always has taken a turn for the significantly warmer during those months when the Earth's...
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...
10 Amazing Facts About the Human Body
Of all the technology existing on the planet, the human body remains more complex and intricately engineered than any computer, software, mobile device, robot or tool that man-kind has been able to create. We are...
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...
Can Binge-Watching be Harmful to Your Health?
We’ve all been there. An online streaming provider unleashes an entire season of one of our favorite shows (like House of Cards, for example), so we sit down to check it out. The next...
Call the Midwife: Accuracy, Details and Where Is It Headed?
If you have ever watched the popular television series, “Call the Midwife” from the BBC, you have probably wondered about its accuracy. If you’re an avid fan of the show, then you’ve most likely...
10 Home Health Remedies That Actually Work
The pinnacle of my fishing career came at the age of seven, when a hot summer day on a south Florida canal ended with my only catch of the afternoon: my grandfather’s left arm. The...
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...