Apollo College of Nursing

25/08/2015

Whoa. Follow the incredible PillCam through a body: http://curiosity.im/ThisIsPillCam

(Video via Smithsonian Channel)

13/08/2015

Hangry explained.

Have you ever snapped angrily at someone when you were hungry? Or has someone snapped angrily at you when they were hungry? If so, you’ve experienced...

31/07/2015

Useful info

Learn about fibroid symptoms, treatments, and the causes of this common female problem. Plus, see the different types of fibroids and when to see a doctor.

30/07/2015

Interesting

Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero has said he intends to conduct the world’s first head transplant by 2017. Is it just science fiction?

01/06/2015

Wow... make needles out of crystallized sugar?

03/04/2015

Teenager from Bexhill, East Sussex, worked to raise awareness of condition that causes those affected to age eight times faster

09/03/2015

Interesting... What are your thoughts about this?

26/02/2015

How many right answers did you get?

Take the Human Body Quiz to evaluate what you know about systems and structures of the body and what makes your body function!

04/02/2015

You're sick, you're blowing your nose into a tissue, and then...you look, right? Isn't green mucus supposed to mean something? Actually, your snot can come in a rainbow of colors, with a progression from white to yellow to green as your body fights infection.

28/01/2015

Useful app... Only drawback is that the blind person should have a iphone or ipad with internet access

Is it too complicated to squeeze helping others into your schedule? Be guilty no more. “Now, there is an app for that,” jokes Hans Jørgen Wiberg in his TEDxCopenhagen talk, before he introduces Be My Eyes, a simple and practical app that connects sighted with blind people around the world to help them with small daily tasks.

25/01/2015

As nurses / healthcare influencers we can be a potential source of "CHANGE" in peoples health related lifestyle & behaviours. Any intervention taking up to two minutes that follows an “ask, advise, assist” structure will help nurses to build a brief intervention into their everyday work.

All frontline nursing staff can incorporate brief behaviour change interventions into their clinical practice to reduce patients’ risk of long-term conditions.

21/12/2014

Interesting read & how it really works

Mind-controlled robotic limbs have become a reality at America's John Hopkins University, after a double amputee Les Baugh managed his new prosthetic arms with completely intuitive thought control.