Jessica Brooke Perkins

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  Genes determine an individual’s height and skeletal strength, but certain lifestyle factors like exercise and diet are influential to the health of your bones. Having regular exercise will improve an individual's muscle and bone strength. Moreover, a person should get enough calcium daily through...

• What Can Cause Insomnia?

  To be an insomniac, a patient would have difficulty sleeping and difficulty staying asleep. Insomnia affects millions of people worldwide, and ultimately impairs the individual from performing daily activities because of their drowsiness and delirium.Insomnia can be categorized into two types:...

• Research Investigates Dangers of Falling in People with Multiple Sclerosis

  For people with multiple sclerosis who use wheelchairs or scooters to be mobile, falls are a considerably large concern. Recently, a study was conducted in order to analyze the circumstances surrounding such falls, and how common they are.BackgroundBecause multiple sclerosis can involve focal...

• Nursing with Compassion: Easing the Final Journey

  There are those who might not know about the effects that compassionate nursing can have on someone, but at times, being compassionate is one of the greatest ways to care for someone. For some patients, at their last moments, they need someone who knows that they are there during their time of need....

• Creating a Flexible Workplace for Nurses

  It’s no secret that hospitals have a high employee turnover rate. In fact, it’s as high as 70% for new nurses alone. This little tidbit of information opens up the conversation about the dark side of nursing:  High levels of burnout, higher risk of illness or injury for nurses and patients...

• What is Dehydration: Get the Facts

  Dehydration, simply put, is a loss of water from body cells. It can occur when the body loses more water than it takes in. Around sixty percent of the human body is made up of water. Around two-thirds of this water is contained within our cells; these are the basic life-giving units of the human...