Super interesting pain treatment discovered which uses a deadly snake's venom. This snake is termed the "killer of killers." Maybe this killer could actually be helpful?
Nurse Caitlin Brassington wrote a post on Instagram and Facebook about a comment that she heard from an acquaintance about how she was "just" a nurse. I think until people have either personally been hospitalized or have had a loved one hospitalized, they don't realize how much nurses actually do! We wear many hats: pharmacist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, and caregiver, just to name a few. We analyze heart rhythms, perform lifesaving CPR, help families through the loss of a loved one, and much more. Look at Caitlin's passionate note about how she feels about nursing.
Modern medicine is absolutely amazing. These adorable twins were conjoined at the head and underwent a 27-hour surgery to separate them. Look at their story inside the OR and post-op.
So this is my personal opinion on nights...not necessarily the absolute answer. Everyone is different in how their bodies react to being turned upside down from a sleeping perspective.
It is amazing the research that is being done to help restore senses to paralyzed individuals. This article discusses the way that this paralyzed man is now able to feel sensation using a brain implant and a prosthesis.
Have you ever wondered why smoking is really so horrible for you? There is the obvious inhalation of smoke that is extremely damaging to your lungs, but what about on the molecular level? It's amazing what this study found about the footprint that smoking left on people's DNA for years and years.
Did you hear how much money Mark Zuckerberg donated to "cure, prevent or manage all disease within our children's lifetime?" It's pretty impressive. Take a quick look to see much other major health groups have as their budgets for research and treatment.
This phenomenal read is the account of 28 heroine overdoses with 2 casualties all within 5 hours in the city of Huntington, West Virginia. How did the police and paramedics manage this? What was the cause of this sudden surge of overdoses? Definitely worth the read.
Do you remember what a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure is? Why do patients need to have this performed? Does it really change patient outcomes? Check out this quick summary from an ICU RN.
I've received a lot of questions about the Zika virus and pregnancy lately. How long do you need to wait to try to get pregnant if you were in a Zika-infested country? What are the symptoms? How is it transmitted from person to person? Read up on these answers in the NBC News article about this and other common questions about the Zika virus.
