ScienceDaily (Mar. 12, 2008) — Around 2.5 million people worldwide are wheelchair bound because of spinal injuries. Half of them are quadriplegic, paralysed from the neck down. European researchers are now offering them new hope thanks to groundbreaking

You see them everywhere, these two breeds of health care professionals called nurse practitioners and physician assistants. They're in medical clinics, doctor's offices, and hospitals -- even in operating rooms -- and often they're performing duties you m

Fewer Patients Survive Nighttime Cardiac Arrests Print Page Send to a Friend Share By Debra Wood, RN, contributor Hospital patients are less likely to survive an in-hospital cardiac arrest at night or on the weekend than during the day, according

Have Nursing Salaries Reached Their Limit? Print Page Send to a Friend Share By Amanda Sounart, associate editor In recent years, many U.S. health care facilities have opted to steadily increase nursing salaries to draw and retain enough nurses to f

Kampala - More than 100 students in a western Ugandan school become possessed by demonic spirits, Uganda's state-run newspaper reported on Tuesday. The New Vision said that authorities at Sir Tito Winyi Primary School in the western district Hoima des

The response of a startled sea cucumber has inspired a new material that could one day be used to build brain implants for patients with Parkinson's disease. The material can rapidly switch from being rigid to flexible and vice versa. Writing in the

It's not easy being short—at 5'2", I know—and a string of studies over the last few years has made it seem even harder. According to the research, tall people make more money, have higher self-esteem and may even be smarter than their more diminutive

A desperate husband who learned a hospital was about to take his comatose wife off life support managed to awaken her doing the one thing he knew she hated — being "told off," it is reported by the Daily Mail. Yvonne Sullivan, 28, of the English seas

Chlamydia can make men infertile by damaging the quality of their sperm, new research has shown. The sexually transmitted disease usually goes undetected in men and has long been known to threaten female fertility. But now, scientists from Spain and Me

As if being a new mom wasn't hard enough — there's new evidence that mothers who don't get a lot of sleep are more likely to pack on baby weight, according to a new study by Kaiser Permanete and Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Res

The nation's teen birth rate has risen for the first time in 14 years, according to a new government report. The birth rate had been dropping since 1991. The decline had slowed in recent years, but government statisticians said Wednesday it jumped 3 pe

For American parents looking for donor sperm to produce blond, blue-eyed Scandinavian babies, the search just got a little trickier. A ban on sperm from all European countries with exposure to mad cow disease means U.S. sperm banks are running low.

Mates who share the same great-great grandparents have more children than those who are not related, according to the study, which drew on research from the deCODE Genetics genealogical database in Iceland and is published in the Feb. 8 issue of the journ

CHICAGO - Treating cancer patients with anemia drugs increases their risk of blood clots and death, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, confirming concerns about these widely used drugs. Researchers said the drugs, erythropoiesis-stimulating agents or ES

SAN FRANCISCO - The orthopedics industry is using more biology and less metal to repair injured and diseased joints. Researchers attending the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in San Francisco this week said they are slowl

SEATTLE - The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will pay volunteers as much as $4,000 to be bitten by mosquitoes infected with malaria. Scientists say no lives are in danger because the volunteers can be cured. The institute is testing which vacci

WASHINGTON - It may be possible to make a safe vaccine against the type of bacteria best known for causing ”strep throat” and rheumatic fever, U.S.-based researchers reported on Thursday. The little piece of the bacteria that causes serious disease

LOS ANGELES (March 6) - Patrick Swayze's doctor is "optimistic" about his prognosis for battling pancreatic cancer, and the "Dirty Dancing" actor's upcoming cable pilot is still in contention to become a series. Photo Gallery Bryan Bedder, Getty Ima

Nevada health care had a terrible reputation even before last week. But public trust in doctors and nurses may now be at an all-time low. Already, the state ranks among the worst in the nation for numbers of doctors and nurses per capita, the number of un

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon is conducting a one-of-a-kind lottery, and the prize is health insurance. The state will start drawing names this week for the chance to enroll in a health care program designed for people not poor enough for Medicaid but too