Not your Ordinary Organ Donation – The Scoop on Fecal Transplants
For decades, transplanting the intestinal microbial fauna from one person to another person has been used in Germany to treat ulcerative colitis and other chronic ailments. Several chronic diseases of the colon are thought...
Opioid Overdose Drug Narcan Offered Free to Students
An Irish pharmaceutical company will partner with an American distributor to offer a free carton of Narcan nasal spray – a drug which blocks opioid overdose effects – to all United States high schools,...
Heroin Death Rates Increasing for Middle-Aged White Americans
In this age of advanced medicine and health consciousness, death rates are falling in the United States. Every age group, racial group and ethnic group are living longer and healthier lives – except one. A...
Health Care Exchange Brings Opportunities and Challenges
On a recent California trip, President Obama urged Latinos and young people to enroll in the Health Care Exchange.
Bionic Fingertip Restores Feeling to Missing Limbs
Dennis Aabo Sorensen became the first person to consistently recognize the texture of a surface without ever touching or seeing it. What’s more astounding is that Sorensen is an amputee, and he recognized the...
U.S. News 2016 Best Nursing Schools Rankings
According to a 2014 Pew Research study, salaries for young professionals who have earned at least a master’s degree are 24% higher than salaries of those who have attained a bachelor’s degree. Graduates with...
Hey Kids: Pick up That Video Game and Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables
Video games and nutrition are often placed at opposite ends of the spectrum, with most parents envisioning the typical gamer sprawled on a couch with a controller in one hand and a bag of...
Glassdoor Releases 25 Highest Paying Jobs for 2016
Technology-related positions dominate Glassdoor’s “25 Highest Paying Jobs in America for 2016” list, but physicians rank at the top with a median base salary of $180,000. Other healthcare jobs in the top 25 include pharmacy...
World Tuberculosis Day Raises Public Awareness of the Deadly Disease
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the deadliest diseases in the world, infecting approximately one-third of the world’s population. On March 24, 1882, Dr. Robert Koch announced the...
Interdisciplinary Approach Yields Clues to Novel-Corona Virus
For healthcare students and career changers interested in the field of medical research, the future of the industry is becoming increasingly shaped by interdisciplinary approaches to today’s most challenging medical puzzles. This is great...