Health
American Red Cross issues urgent plea for blood donations
The American Red Cross has declared a national blood shortage emergency as donations plummet to the lowest levels seen in 20 years.
Jan 9, 2024
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News tagged with work
Autism spectrum disorders
School uniforms may trigger sensory overload in kids sensitive to fabrics—recent research can help
Many people live with what's known as sensory over-reactivity or over-responsiveness. Those with this condition experience an over-reaction to sensory stimuli, such as touch. When overstimulated, the brain triggers a fight-or-flight ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Health informatics
Research shows more lives can be saved if ambulance staff receive AI support
Assessing how seriously injured a person is, involves weighing up lots of different parameters fast. If health care professionals could get support making fast-paced, life-critical decisions from an AI tool, more lives could ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Ophthalmology
Q&A from the CEO of the company helping the colorblind enjoy fall foliage hues
You have probably seen one of the many viral videos: Someone puts on a pair of normal-looking glasses, and they gasp, or break down in tears. Colorblind, for the first time they are seeing the range of contrasts in the fall ...
Jan 3, 2024
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Medical economics
Research IDs, factors linked to internal medicine resident flourishing
Individual- and program-level factors are associated with internal medicine resident flourishing, according to a research letter published online Dec. 19 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Dec 19, 2023
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Medical economics
Nurse aide turnover linked to scheduling decisions
Long-term care facilities that scheduled part-time Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) with more hours and more consistently with the same co-workers had reduced turnover, according to research led by Washington State University. ...
Dec 18, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Working night shifts is associated with sleep disorders in more than half of workers, study suggests
Sleep is critical for daytime and neurocognitive functioning, as well as physical and mental health. When people work shifts—in 2015, 21% of workers in the European Union did—their circadian sleep-wake rhythms are commonly ...
Dec 7, 2023
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Neuroscience
Comparable memory strategies found in birds and humans
Working memory is a crucial element of higher cognition in both primates—which include humans—and corvids. In their studies, with the help of two jackdaws, researchers at Ruhr University Bochum have now discovered remarkable ...
Dec 6, 2023
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Health
Why dogs are good for your health
People with dogs know the benefits of pet ownership. The unconditional love, trust and loyalty shown by your canine companions, coupled with their unbridled enthusiasm on your return home each day, is hard to put into words.
Dec 6, 2023
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Health
Study finds one week of night shifts per month does not increase the risk of coronary heart disease
If you clock in for work in the early hours when most of the population is still asleep, you may have heard that it increases the risk of heart disease. But now there is good news from Aarhus University for those of us who ...
Nov 27, 2023
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