Moral Sensitivity Shapes How New ICU Nurses Make Ethical Decisions, Study Finds
A cross-sectional study of 125 advanced beginner ICU nurses in South Korea finds that moral sensitivity predicts both ideal and ...
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Brushing Beats Book Smarts: What Really Protects Pregnant Women’s Gums
A study of 293 pregnant women in Lanzarote, Spain, found that toothbrushing frequency and night-time brushing were far stronger predictors ...
Cleanliness, Waiting Time and Ventilation Shape Physiotherapy Patient Satisfaction More Than Previously Thought
A cross-sectional study of 198 physiotherapy outpatients at a Turkish university hospital finds that perceived cleanliness, waiting time and ventilation ...
Blood Molecules May Signal Anxiety, Depression and Stress in Deaf Adults
A cross-sectional study of 204 deaf adults in Jordan finds that lower blood levels of BDNF and adiponectin are independently ...
Low Testosterone in Kazakh Men Tied to Obesity and Blood Sugar, National Survey Finds
A national WHO STEPS survey of over 3,000 Kazakh men found biochemically low testosterone in about 5 percent, with obesity ...
Doctors Know Gums Bleed but Not Why It Matters: Survey Reveals Huge Knowledge Gap
A survey of 380 Indian medical professionals finds that while most refer patients to dentists, only about 1 percent do ...
Nearly One in Ten Police Officers in Kerala Reports Suicidal Thoughts, Study Finds
A cross-sectional study of 400 police personnel in Kerala, India, finds that 9.39 percent reported suicidal ideation and 4.11 percent ...
Belonging, Not FOMO, Emerges as the Strongest Predictor of Student Well-Being
A cross-sectional study of 499 Turkish university students finds that felt acceptance and inclusion, not fear of missing out, is ...
Metformin’s Hidden Cost: One in Four Diabetic Patients Show Low Vitamin B12
Metformin is one of the most prescribed drugs on Earth, the first-line therapy that hundreds of millions of people with ...
Which Chronic Disease Combinations Raise Dementia Risk? New Study Points to Diabetes and Ear Disease
A community-based study of 2,458 older adults in China finds that suspected dementia is linked not just to individual chronic ...
HPV and Common STIs Overlap in Women: Large Shaanxi Study Maps Infection Patterns
A study of nearly 32,000 women in Shaanxi, China, found an overall HPV prevalence of 21.46 percent and showed that ...
Trees May Have Shielded Neighbours From COVID-19 in Landmark Study of Half a Million People
A study of 519,005 people in Northern Ireland found that neighbourhoods with more woodland had lower COVID-19 infection odds while ...
Years of PUBG Play Linked to Rising PTSD Risk in University Students, Study Finds
A cross-sectional study of 542 PUBG-playing university students links each additional year of gaming experience to a 25.3 percent increase ...
Handwriting, Workload and Missing Digital Safeguards: Nigerian Clinicians Map the Roots of Medication Errors
A cross-sectional study of 450 healthcare professionals in Kwara State, Nigeria, finds that poor handwriting, communication gaps, and heavy workloads ...
Parents Who Ask AI Chatbots for Health Advice May Be More Likely to Vaccinate Their Children
A large Japanese survey study finds that parents who regularly use generative AI for health advice have children with higher ...
Nine in Ten Diabetic Patients Show Anxiety in Paraguay Pandemic Study
A cross-sectional study of 94 diabetic patients at Paraguay's National Hospital of Itauguá found that 87.6 percent reported anxiety symptoms ...
Supplements Dominate Menopause Self-Care as Hormone Therapy Fears Persist, Survey Finds
A new cross-sectional study of 226 symptomatic menopausal women finds that 61 percent take dietary supplements but fewer than half ...
Faith and Meaning Drive Health Volunteers: New Study Reveals What Motivates Iran’s Unpaid Health Workers
A cross-sectional study of 324 health volunteers in Saveh, Iran, found that both religiosity and spiritual health independently predict volunteer ...
Long Hours and Night Shifts Drive Chinese Physicians Toward the Exit, Major Survey Finds
A survey of 1,324 Chinese physicians links long weekly hours, night shifts, and high outpatient volumes to poorer physical, psychological, ...
Rotating Shifts, Not Moral Sensitivity, Drive Missed Care in Intensive Care Units
A cross-sectional study of 178 Iranian intensive care nurses found that rotating shift work, not moral sensitivity, was significantly associated ...
