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Since 1993, the BNI-ART Institute has been at the forefront of training health care providers in SBIRT, and disseminating SBIRT best practices based on lessons learned from research. SBIRT—Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment—is a practical, evidence-based method that health care providers can use to [...] Courtesy of Children’s Organ Transplant Association Today the CBS news published an interesting story about using the Facebook for solving health problems including finding kidney’s donors. Damon Brown, 38, found a kidney on Facebook after telling his story on a page the Seattle dad created under the name, “Damon Kidney.” His friends and [...] Courtesy of CNN CNN reported from California that About 6,000 California nurses staged a one-day strike at several hospitals Thursday, protesting what they called an “erosion of quality of care and cuts to patient protections,” National Nurses United said. The Long Beach registered nurses are in a dispute with management over RN-to-patient staffing [...] Source of image : http://www.sonicsails.com Source : The Los Angeles Times In the study, published in the December issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, 1,364 mothers were interviewed and observed beginning right after the birth of their child through fifth grade about such subjects as depression, health status, juggling work and family life, [...] Image from http://www.mdhil.com A story wrote by Deborah Kotz ,was published at the Boston Globe today, discusses the association between night shifts and diabetes. Deborah wrote: Night shift work has long been associated with a string of health problems such as sleep disorders and an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. In [...] Image from http://www.askdro.com/ According to a story published by the Guardian two days ago, having an abortion does not increase a woman’s chance of developing mental health problems, according to a large study that challenges anti-abortion groups’ claims that termination causes trauma and depression. The research, commissioned by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and [...] In a post published today at the Telegraph, it is indicated that the two-day diet could reduce breast cancer risk. Researchers at the University Hospital in South Manchester are claiming that observing a strict two-day diet, rather than trying to constantly cut calories, is a more effective way to loose weight. The [...] Today a report published by New York Times almost three years ago came to my attention. A campaign to reduce the obesity in Japan. Of course in a meticulous and serious Japanese way. Under a national law that came into effect three years ago, companies and local governments must now measure the waistlines of Japanese people [...] World AIDS day, held annually on December 1, will mark 30 years of HIV and 20 years of the Red Ribbon HIV/AIDS symbol this year. HIV facts HIV stands for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It is a virus which attacks the body’s immune system — the body’s defence against diseases. HIV can be passed on through [...] A new study, albeit a small one, suggests that using Wi-Fi may damage sperm and decrease a man’s fertility. The cause, according to Reuters Health, is electromagnetic radiation generated by wireless communication. In the study, published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, researchers took semen samples from 29 healthy volunteers and placed them under [...] |
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