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UTHealth Houston study to examine how eviction protection during the pandemic affects mental health

During the COVID-19 pandemic, eviction moratoria prevented or delayed many people from experiencing homelessness.

18 Oct 2023

For people with sickle cell disease, ERs can mean life-threatening waits

Heather Avant always dresses up when she goes to the emergency room.

17 Oct 2023

New project to explore nurse-moderated social VR experience for hemodialysis patients

Penn Nursing, with partners from the Annenberg Virtual Reality ColLABorative and New York University's Rory Meyers College of Nursing, have been awarded 2023 grant from the Hillman Emergent Innovation: Serious Illness and End of Life program to study the use of social virtual reality (VR) in enhancing the treatment experience and reducing loneliness in people undergoing hemodialysis.

16 Oct 2023

Study shows outsized toll of dementia on family caregivers and finances

Most people think of dementia as something that affects a person's brain. But a new study shows just how much damage it does to a person's wallet and bank account too – as well as the higher demands it places on their family members.

16 Oct 2023

Moffitt Cancer Center researchers identify hidden target of ROS1 inhibitor lorlatinib

Targeted cancer drugs are widely used because of their ability to inhibit specific proteins involved in cancer development with fewer side effects compared to chemotherapy drugs.

16 Oct 2023

A third of schools don’t have a nurse. Here’s why that’s a problem.

Jodi Bobbitt, the school nurse at William Ramsay Elementary in Alexandria, Virginia, is always ready to see children with a wide range of injuries and illnesses. One day during the first week of school, the parade started before the first bell when a little girl walked in with red, irritated eyes.

16 Oct 2023

Racial and ethnic disparities in surgical outcomes cost lives

About 12,000 Black and Hispanic patients who died after surgery the past two decades may have lived if there were no racial and ethnic disparities among Americans having surgery, suggests a study of more than 1.5 million inpatient procedures presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2023 annual meeting.

15 Oct 2023

Anesthesiologist-administered sedation improves discharge outcomes for patients after common procedures

Patients who had common procedures performed outside of the operating room (OR) were more likely to go home instead of to a long-term care facility when they were discharged from the hospital if their sedation was administered or directed by an anesthesiologist, rather than by a physician who is not a trained anesthesiologist, according to a first-of-its-kind study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2023 annual meeting.

15 Oct 2023

Study shows widespread prevalence of dangerous pathogens in ventilated patients

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers conducted a statewide survey of all patients on breathing machines in hospitals and long-term care facilities and found that a significant percentage of them harbored two pathogens known to be life-threatening in those with compromised immune systems.

15 Oct 2023

Parents alone can tackle childhood obesity just as effectively as whole-family interventions, new study shows

The study published in the International Journal of Obesity systematically reviews the effectiveness of parent-only group-based interventions for managing childhood obesity and related health behaviors. It concludes that parent-only programs are similarly effective to family-focused interventions in improving a child's weight and BMI, but highlights challenges like higher dropout rates and the need for strong family support.

15 Oct 2023

Study identifies significant percentage of ventilated patients colonized with life-threatening pathogens

13 Oct 2023

Hackensack University Medical Center establishes new Center for Weight Loss and Metabolic Health

Hackensack University Medical Center has established the Center for Weight Loss and Metabolic Health, an integrated program to help people who have struggled to lose weight to achieve and maintain their weight loss goals.

13 Oct 2023

Mount Sinai researchers receive NIH grant to compare new treatment options for sickle cell disease

The Mount Sinai Health System has received a $12,180,625 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to compare new treatment options for sickle cell disease and determine which work best for specific patients.

12 Oct 2023

Clinic-based community program shows promise in addressing food insecurity and improving health

The FISH (Food Insecurity and its Sequalae on Health) Study, led by Tiffany Wesley Ardoin, MD, FACP, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans' Baton Rouge Regional Campus, reports that a clinic-based community program improved food security scores, healthy eating behaviors, and depression scores in a vulnerable, food-insecure population in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The findings are published in the MDPI journal, Nutrients.

12 Oct 2023

UVA scientists’ efforts could help better combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria

University of Virginia researchers are working to outrace two dangerous germs known for quickly developing resistance to new antibiotics – and the scientists’ efforts could help us better combat antibiotic resistance more broadly.

12 Oct 2023

New topical drug shows promise in preventing cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common type of skin cancer in the United States, impacting approximately 700,000 people each year.

11 Oct 2023

Chronic kidney disease may increase risk of sudden cardiac arrest among Hispanic/Latino adults

Chronic kidney disease may increase risk and predict sudden cardiac arrest among Hispanic/Latino adults, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

11 Oct 2023

UVA researchers take on antibiotic resistance crisis with $1.2 million grant

University of Virginia researchers are working to outrace two dangerous germs known for quickly developing resistance to new antibiotics – and the scientists' efforts could help us better combat antibiotic resistance more broadly.

10 Oct 2023

Breast milk microbiome changes after COVID-19 vaccination, linked to enhanced infant protection

Study explored the association between BNT162b2 vaccine-induced antibodies and the breast milk microbiome in 49 breastfeeding mothers, revealing that post-vaccination alterations in the microbiome were linked to humoral protection against SARS-CoV-2.

9 Oct 2023

New discovery sheds light on how BRCA1 mutations cause cancer in women

Three decades after discoveries linking mutations in the BRCA1 gene to breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility, research led by Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has pinpointed the molecular mechanism by which a large portion of these mutations cause cancers in women.

9 Oct 2023

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

UTHealth Houston study to examine how eviction protection during the pandemic affects mental health

For people with sickle cell disease, ERs can mean life-threatening waits

New project to explore nurse-moderated social VR experience for hemodialysis patients

Study shows outsized toll of dementia on family caregivers and finances

Moffitt Cancer Center researchers identify hidden target of ROS1 inhibitor lorlatinib

A third of schools don’t have a nurse. Here’s why that’s a problem.

Racial and ethnic disparities in surgical outcomes cost lives

Anesthesiologist-administered sedation improves discharge outcomes for patients after common procedures

Study shows widespread prevalence of dangerous pathogens in ventilated patients

Parents alone can tackle childhood obesity just as effectively as whole-family interventions, new study shows

Study identifies significant percentage of ventilated patients colonized with life-threatening pathogens

Hackensack University Medical Center establishes new Center for Weight Loss and Metabolic Health

Mount Sinai researchers receive NIH grant to compare new treatment options for sickle cell disease

Clinic-based community program shows promise in addressing food insecurity and improving health

UVA scientists’ efforts could help better combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria

New topical drug shows promise in preventing cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Chronic kidney disease may increase risk of sudden cardiac arrest among Hispanic/Latino adults

UVA researchers take on antibiotic resistance crisis with $1.2 million grant

Breast milk microbiome changes after COVID-19 vaccination, linked to enhanced infant protection

New discovery sheds light on how BRCA1 mutations cause cancer in women

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