Breast self-examination should be a routine part of your personal care. It helps you learn how your breasts normally look and feel. Breast self-examination also helps you detect changes in your breasts. Being able to detect changes is an important part of finding breast cancer in its early stages. Patients with breast cancer found early […]

Is pain truly the fifth vital sign? It seems interesting that for centuries the medical field has not contemplated the idea of considering pain as the fifth vital sign. When thinking of vital signs, temparature, blood pressure, pulse rate, and respirations are still what most medical professionals continue to place great emphasis upon. Pain, although […]

QUESTION:
I am a male, 37 years old and over the past couple years I have experienced recurring athletes foot.  I don’t know whether it is relevant or not, but it seems that I most frequently get it when I travel on business.  Whenever I feel it coming on I use whatever over the counter lotion […]

My name is Sarah and I am a Registered Nurse licensed in the State of New Jersey.  I have been a nurse for five years and I have worked in orthopedics, cardiac care, surgery, geriatrics and emergency care.  I have seen a lot in my time as a nurse and I have started this blog […]