Author: Sheila Schindler

In the latest bulletin of Skill Shortage, the education charity reported 41,000 vacancies for nurse alone.  It is also depicted in the reports that the number of nurse undergraduates declined around 4 percent since last year, and it is predicted that shortage of nurses alone will be nearly 70,000 within five to six years if […]

A 17-year-old boy who lives in the United Kingdom went blind because of improper food habits. This teenager depended only on junk food to fill his stomach. The annals of Internal Medicine wrote in the study abstract that he first visited doctor at the age of 14 due to tiredness. By the time doctors found that lack of nutrition […]

According to the World Health Organization, four countries have lost their measles free status as they experienced a setback recently. The disease has been found in Albania, the Czech Republic, Greece, and the United Kingdom. The blame for this growth is on anti-vaccination movement, which spread through social media discouraging parents to vaccine their children […]

According to the study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, major depression among former smokers has increased from 5% to 6% between 2005 and 2016. Smokers who quit the habit of smoking are more prone to replace it with other habits. The use of Marijuana has also increased from 5.3% to 10.1%. Binge […]

Recent studies published in JAMA Pediatrics have raised problems related to neurotoxin in utero. Exposure to these during pregnancy was associated with a decline in IQ among children. Though many studies have been made related to this topic; it is the first time a study is been done to evaluate the effect of fluoride on […]

According to the state’s Department of Public Health, a man aged between 19 to 30 from eastern Worcester County has been infected with EEE or Eastern equine encephalitis. This is the second case that has been reported this year. To make the scenario worse a young goat in Bristol County has been infected. All the […]

Bacteria are getting resistant to the antibiotic. This issue has become a significant threat to humanity. Scientists are trying their best to come up with new drugs, but this strategy is not working as expected. In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a recent study was published which says that a repurpose Bithionol, drug […]

In a clinical test, two new drugs have shown extraordinary results at treating Ebola. The survival rate of patients has increased largely. Considering the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this is seen as a turning point. Ebola was first witnessed 40 years ago. It killed more than 11,000 people between […]