President Addresses Congress on Healthcare Reform By EMILY WALKER MedPage Today Staff Writer During President Obama’s lengthy first State of the Union address, jobs and the economy took center stage, but the president did urge Congress not to give up on health care reform. “Here’s what I ask of Congress, though: Do not walk away from reform,” the president said Wednesday night in his address to the nation, delivered on the House floor. Read More…

By Daily Mail Reporter It is a fierce and sometimes deadly emotion. But the feelings that jealousy arouse are very different in men and women, it seems. Researchers studying adulterous relationships have uncovered ‘his ‘n’ hers’ versions of the emotions felt when a partner cheats. Read More…

Scientists have discovered the reason why women find it difficult to conceive later in life – they have used up 90 per cent of their “ovarian reserve” by the age of 30. By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent While they may continue to produce eggs throughout their 30s and 40s, the reservoir of potential eggs from which they are taken has shrunk to almost nothing, it suggests. As the body chooses the best eggs from the reserve, the likelihood is that the quality of the eggs will suffer as you get older increasing the difficulty of conception and the risk of an unhealthy baby....

By James T. Mulder / The Post-Standard Syracuse, NY — The nursing job market in New York state, long thought to be recession-proof, is starting to feel the effects of the economic downturn, according to a study. Job opportunities for newly trained registered nurses are dwindling at a time when nursing schools are churning out more and more RNs, according to The Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University at Albany, which released a report earlier this month. Read More…

Before Toyota made cars, it made robots. It’s making them again, and sees enormous potential for future growth in providing care and companionship. When it was founded in 1926, Toyoda Automatic Loom Works (as it was then known) manufactured automatic fabric looms that could detect problems and shut down automatically. It marketed these revolutionary devices as having automation with human intelligence. Read More….

With unemployment in double digits it’s very easy to get discouraged if you’re out of work and looking for a new job. However there are at least a few industries out there that might be considered recession-proof. According to a recent survey by Forbes magazine, health care is the most solid industry offering careers with job security. Registered nurses topped the list as the number one most recession proof job, in part because there is a nursing shortage across the country. Read More…

John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has immediately suspended state licensure requirements for traveling U.S. nurses, who have valid licenses in their home states or territories, and who want to work in Florida. The suspension is slated for 90 days. The governor said in an executive order this week that the move was needed to cover a temporary nursing shortage that was created because many Florida nurses are in Haiti to help the recovery effort from the Jan. 12 earthquake. Read More…

Posted By Allison Wall Saskatchewan’s nursing vacancies are filling up, thanks to recruitments strategies and an increased number of applications from Alberta, says the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president. Seventy per cent of nursing vacancies have been filled in Saskatchewan, said SUN president Rosalee Longmoore. “I was speaking with someone from the Saskatoon Health Region in early September and that individual did indicate that they were seeing more applications from nurses from Alberta,” said Longmoore. “I’ve just actually heard from some of the new graduates...

MEDICINE is one of those jobs where you never stop learning, but Dr Rust Theron, who works at a private hospital in the mainly Afrikaans suburb of Durbanville, never expected his would include learning Tamil. Theron has been working with nurses recruited from southern India for the past two-and-a-half years, after JSE-listed group Medi- Clinic decided to import staff from the region to counter the shortage of highly skilled theatre and intensive care unit nurses in the Western Cape. Read More…

LONDON (SHARECAST) – A worldwide shortage of medical staff helped Healthcare Locums report consistent month on month revenue and profit growth in all divisions throughout 2009 with further improvement expected this year. The international permanent placement division had a particularly strong second half in 2009 following the opening of new offices in Australia, Canada and Abu Dhabi in the latter half of the year, Healthcare said, driven by the huge shortages of healthcare workers worldwide. Read More…