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10 Satisfying Low-Sodium Snacks

Published October 31, 2015 | By tony w

When you need to satisfy between-meal munchies, do you automatically reach for a salty snack? For many of us it’s the bags of pretzels and potato chips that call our name from the vending machine midafternoon. But the snack favorites tend to be high in sodium, a mineral that we should be limiting in our diets. According to the National…

Honoring Our Past, Building Our Future

Published October 31, 2015 | By tony w

The American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN) recently held its 25th annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Anniversaries often are a time to look back, and ASPMN is no different. We celebrated our journey, recognized those responsible for our success, and even chuckled at some of the obstacles we encountered along the way. We are, after all, nurses, and everyone knows no one can tell a story like a nurse.

Low-fat diets are not the best way to achieve weight loss

Published October 30, 2015 | By tony w

A new meta-analysis of 53 studies on dieting produces a surprising result: low-fat diets are not the most effective way of losing weight and keeping it off.

Oral morphine for pain management in paediatric patients after tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy

Published October 30, 2015 | By tony w

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

A smartphone version of the Faces Pain Scale-Revised and the Color Analog Scale for postoperative pain assessment in children

Published October 30, 2015 | By tony w

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Chronic low back pain among French healthcare workers and prognostic factors of return to work (RTW): a non-randomized controlled trial

Published October 30, 2015 | By tony w

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Shock index and decreased level of consciousness as terminal cancer patients survival time predictors: a retrospective cohort study

Published October 30, 2015 | By tony w

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Compassion in Health Care: An Empirical Model

Published October 30, 2015 | By tony w

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Exploring the impact of intraoperative interventions for pain and anxiety management during local anesthetic surgery-A systematic review and meta-analysis

Published October 30, 2015 | By tony w

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing

Low-fat diets not best for weight loss: study

Published October 30, 2015 | By tony w

Low-fat diets do not yield greater weight loss than other slimming regimes, said a study Friday, adding to the long-running debate on how best to shed extra pounds or kilos. In fact, low-carbohydrate diets led to greater weight loss than low-fat ones, according to study results published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal. Weight loss on a low-fat diet was just 360 grammes (13 ounces), compared to 1.15 kilogrammes (2.5 pounds) on a higher-fat, low-carbohydrate eating plan.