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• Diversifying Healthcare: Male and Minorities as Nurses

  In November 1854, Florence Nightingale, with a slew of volunteer nurses that she had trained, arrived to aid the wounded during the Crimean War. This incident catapulted women into the nursing industry and became a staple for many years to come. ...

• Abuse and Sexual Harassment in the Nursing Profession

  In years past, many people thought that nursing was a second-class profession. Nurses were merely a doctor’s assistants, and how wrong that thinking was. Nurses collaborate with doctors in saving lives and take tremendous abuse from patients and staff in the process. The employers exploit nurses,...

• Magnolia Bark Extract Prevents Bad Breath

  According to the results of a study published in, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, magnolia bark extract contains chemicals that may prevent bad breath or halitosis. These compounds, called magnolol and honokiol, kill the bacteria that cause bad breath and cavities.In this study, nine...

• Flatulence (Gas): Causes and How to Relieve Flatulence Fast

  What is flatulence?Flatulence is commonly called as "passing gas", "passing wind", or "farting". Flatulence is the medical term for releasing gas through the anus. Flatulence or intestinal gas is the state of having excessive gas in the stomach or waste gas, which is produced during digestion and is...

• Why Ovarian Cancer is Difficult to Detect Early

  All too often we hear the term “the silent killer” when describing ovarian cancer. This term has come from the false belief that ovarian cancer is a disease without any warning signs and without much research. However, there is quite a lot of research, in fact, that confirms that most women who...

• What to Avoid If You Have Lyme Disease

  If you get Lyme disease, it may be necessary to make a change in your lifestyle, particularly your diet, in order to make the treatment time shorter. As you probably already know, lyme disease cannot be cured. What can be done is to treat the symptoms of the disease. To quicken the recovery process,...