GLOBAL SHORTAGE - Challenges based on an International Council of Nurses study
While there is no universal definition of a nursing shortage, there is increasing evidence of nurse supply/demand imbalances in many countries. Supply of nurses in many low-income and high-income countries is failing to keep pace with increasing demand.

Exercise to reduce your aches and pains
ACHES AND pains are facts of life. However, some of us seem to have more than our fair share of them. Aches and pains can be signs or symptoms of problems in our anatomical structure or functions. Many of these aches and pains have been successfully...

Should I or shouldn't I...take supplements?
MANY PERSONS are unsure of the decision to make when it comes to taking dietary supplements. Supplements, as the word denotes, are to support, bolster or improve, and are not the 'be all or end all' of managing one's nutritional well-being.

THE COW'S MILK DEBATE CONTINUES - In defence of milk
THE RECENT publicity about the alleged dangers of drinking cow's milk has left many consumers confused. One lady is reported as saying, "If I'm not to pour milk on my son's cereal in the morning, what am I to use?

Research reveals fat-burning secret of dairy
A STUDY published in the December 2005 issue of Obesity Research, provides more insight into why consuming dairy foods is linked to fat loss. Scientists at the University of Colorado found that when adults on a reduced-calorie diet exercised.