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How a bounty of vaccines flooded a small hospital and its nearby college

When administrators at Hillsdale College, a conservative liberal-arts school in Michigan, heard its local hospital didn't have a way to store the Pfizer-BioNTech covid vaccine, they offered the use of its science department's ultra-low temperature freezer. The vaccine must be stored at minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit.

1 Feb 2021

Older adults without family or friends lag in race to get vaccines

A divide between "haves" and "have-nots" is emerging as older adults across the country struggle to get covid-19 vaccines.

1 Feb 2021

New policy guidance outlines the benefits of Post-Fracture Care Coordination Programs

By 2025 some 500 million people will be living with osteoporosis, a chronic disease which weakens bones and leaves older adults at risk of a fragility fracture - a broken bone which typically occurs after a low-trauma fall. As a result, an estimated 13.5 million fragility fractures will occur worldwide.

1 Feb 2021

Nurses play crucial role in helping reduce stress for families of ICU patients

Nurses play a crucial role in helping to reduce the stress experienced by family members of critically ill patients, according to an article in Critical Care Nurse (CCN).

1 Feb 2021

Study shows critical role of trauma and emergency surgeons in patient satisfaction

Trauma patients and patients who need emergency surgery have little to no opportunity to get acquainted with the surgeon and team that will perform their operation.

29 Jan 2021

County-level sociodemographic risk factors associated with COVID-19 incidence and mortality

In just one year, COVID-19 has killed more than 400,000 Americans, and infected more than 24 million others. But a new study shows just how unevenly those deaths and cases have played out across the country.

29 Jan 2021

Researchers identify new strategy to protect offspring from prenatal stress

New research from the University of Iowa and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center demonstrates that offspring can be protected from the effects of prenatal stress by administering a neuroprotective compound during pregnancy.

29 Jan 2021

New study aims to improve the support and care for people affected by 'long COVID'

A new £375,000 study led by the University of Stirling is seeking to understand the lived experiences and support needs of people suffering from the long-term effects of COVID-19.

28 Jan 2021

At Colorado’s rural edges, vaccines help assisted living homes crack open the doors

Bingo is back in the dining room. In-person visits have returned, too, though with masks and plexiglass. The Haven Assisted Living Facility's residents are even planning a field trip for a private movie screening once they've all gotten their second round of covid-19 vaccines.

28 Jan 2021

Huge gaps in vaccine data make it next to impossible to know who got the shots

As they rush to vaccinate millions of Americans, health officials are struggling to collect critically important information — such as race, ethnicity and occupation — of every person they jab.

28 Jan 2021

New automated measurement system to assess healthy lifespans using nematodes

A research group from Kumamoto University (Japan) has developed an automated measurement system to assess healthy lifespans using nematodes (C. elegans).

27 Jan 2021

UTHSC professor wins grant to explore poverty-health link in primary care delivery

Shelley White-Means, PhD, a professor of health economics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is the principal investigator of a $298,368 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to examine whether health outcomes for low-income individuals will improve if primary care delivery focuses not only on physical and mental health, but also on the effects of poverty.

27 Jan 2021

If I have cancer, dementia or MS, should i get the covid vaccine?

As public demand grows for limited supplies of covid-19 vaccines, questions remain about the vaccines' appropriateness for older adults with various illnesses.

27 Jan 2021

New study provides both good and bad news about transient ischemic attacks

Study findings released Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) hold both good news and bad news about transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), which are harbingers of subsequent strokes.

27 Jan 2021

Flu vaccinations for hospital workers can substantially reduce influenza-related deaths

Pneumonia and the flu kill tens of thousands of Americans each year, racking up billions of dollars in medical costs and even more in lost productivity.

27 Jan 2021

Cell phone data can reveal behavioral changes in people diagnosed with flu-like illness

Cell phone data that is routinely collected by telecommunications providers can reveal changes of behavior in people who are diagnosed with a flu-like illness, while also protecting their anonymity, a new study finds.

26 Jan 2021

Iron-carrying extracellular vesicles promote viral-bacterial co-infection

The mechanism by which acute viral respiratory infections promote secondary bacterial growth and infection in the airways depends on iron-carrying extracellular sacs secreted by the cells lining the host's airways, report researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in a paper published today in Cell Reports.

26 Jan 2021

California’s top hospital lobbyist cements influence in covid crisis

As intensive care units filled and coronavirus cases surged over the holidays, Carmela Coyle invoked a World War II-era quote attributed to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to rally her own troops: "If you're going through hell, keep going."

26 Jan 2021

Big business boosts vaccine effort, but it’s ‘complex choreography’ to get shots in arms

As states await the promise of a renewed federal pandemic response and expand the number of Americans who qualify for a shot, some governors are trying to scale up their covid vaccine operations — and smooth out the kinks — with the help of the private sector.

26 Jan 2021

Optimizing dietary adherence to fight against obesity

While eating less and moving more are the basics of weight control and obesity treatment, finding ways to help people adhere to a weight-loss regimen is more complicated.

26 Jan 2021

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

How a bounty of vaccines flooded a small hospital and its nearby college

Older adults without family or friends lag in race to get vaccines

New policy guidance outlines the benefits of Post-Fracture Care Coordination Programs

Nurses play crucial role in helping reduce stress for families of ICU patients

Study shows critical role of trauma and emergency surgeons in patient satisfaction

County-level sociodemographic risk factors associated with COVID-19 incidence and mortality

Researchers identify new strategy to protect offspring from prenatal stress

New study aims to improve the support and care for people affected by 'long COVID'

At Colorado’s rural edges, vaccines help assisted living homes crack open the doors

Huge gaps in vaccine data make it next to impossible to know who got the shots

New automated measurement system to assess healthy lifespans using nematodes

UTHSC professor wins grant to explore poverty-health link in primary care delivery

If I have cancer, dementia or MS, should i get the covid vaccine?

New study provides both good and bad news about transient ischemic attacks

Flu vaccinations for hospital workers can substantially reduce influenza-related deaths

Cell phone data can reveal behavioral changes in people diagnosed with flu-like illness

Iron-carrying extracellular vesicles promote viral-bacterial co-infection

California’s top hospital lobbyist cements influence in covid crisis

Big business boosts vaccine effort, but it’s ‘complex choreography’ to get shots in arms

Optimizing dietary adherence to fight against obesity

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