Health

The fight against widespread burnout in the health care workforce should begin with the training of future health care administrators, according to a new paper from the George Mason University College of Public Health. Published […]

Millions of people in the United States have chronic wounds, including those living with diabetes, patients recovering from burns, post-surgical patients and other people with injuries. For clinicians, early detection of infection, inflammation or other […]

Adding TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) to outpatient physical therapy reduced movement-based pain and fatigue in patients with fibromyalgia, and the effects lasted for at least six months, according to a new study led by […]

AI-enabled medical devices promise improved medical care and support for health care professionals. However, the safety and performance of such systems not only depends on algorithms or technical specifications. It is equally important how people […]

More than 98% of adults who predominantly used wheelchairs and scooters for mobility reported some level of concern about falling, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois Chicago found in a […]

Health care workers who take on extended or overnight shifts, particularly during periods of operational strain, may face heightened fatigue that can affect their own well-being. This fatigue arises not from individual effort or commitment, […]

People living with osteoarthritis often have questions about their condition, but they do not always have easy access to clear and reliable answers. What causes osteoarthritis? Is exercise safe? What treatments are recommended? When should […]

Cycling desks, which let users pedal while typing, are gaining traction as a way to increase daily physical activity and reduce the health risks associated with a sedentary lifestyle. In recent years, they have become […]

Care work must be urgently reframed as essential, skilled labor and not a “natural” extension of women’s roles if the recruitment crisis is to be tackled, new research has warned. Following interviews with care workers, […]

Efforts to address workplace violence against health care professionals need to evolve beyond preventing individual incidents to confronting systemic challenges that impede patient-centered, trauma-informed care, according to an article published in AACN Advanced Critical Care. […]