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Breast cancer patients with mental health conditions have higher opioid use, reduced survival

Elderly women battling breast cancer who have anxiety, depression or other mental health conditions are more likely to use opioids and more likely to die, a new study led by the University of Virginia School of Medicine has found.

26 Aug 2019

New reliable tool for evaluating the quality of hospital care for acute stroke

The newly developed "STROKE Perception Report" is a valid and reliable tool for evaluating the quality of hospital care for acute stroke, reports a study in the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, official journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses.

26 Aug 2019

Simulated training for timely NICU evacuations

In late August 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake - the strongest east of the Mississippi since 1944 - shook Washington, D.C., with such force that it cracked the Washington Monument and damaged the National Cathedral.

25 Aug 2019

Animal-assisted interventions help reduce patient stress in aeromedical staging facilities

They're physically and emotionally wounded – most likely suffering from post-traumatic stress. Members of the United States military who serve abroad often return to the U.S. to treat their injuries and must be transported by aeromedical evacuation between medical facilities.

23 Aug 2019

Researchers decode chain of molecules critical for growth and survival of pancreatic cancer

Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have decoded a chain of molecules that are critical for the growth and survival of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) - the most common and also the most lethal form of pancreatic cancer.

23 Aug 2019

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: All about Medicare

Before "Medicare for All," there was just Medicare, the very popular program that serves 60 million Americans age 65 and older or younger people with certain disabilities.

22 Aug 2019

New model developed to optimize and personalize radiotherapy for cancer patients

A personalized approach to cancer treatment has become more common over the last several decades, with numerous targeted drugs approved to treat particular tumor types with specific mutations or patterns.

22 Aug 2019

Poor handgrip may be a sign of impaired cognition and memory in older Americans

For older Americans, poor handgrip may be a sign of impaired cognition and memory, a new study suggests.

21 Aug 2019

Drug that treat human breast cancer might also work for canine lung cancer

Despite those velvet paintings of poker-playing dogs smoking pipes, cigars and cigarettes, our canine friends really don't use tobacco. But like many humans who have never smoked, dogs still get lung cancer.

21 Aug 2019

Study shows link between family history of diabetes and increased bone mineral density

The association between type 2 diabetes and increased fracture risk is well documented. However, little was known about the possible effect of family history of diabetes on bone mineral density.

21 Aug 2019

Study explores motives, experiences of young people using New Psychoactive Substances

A research study into New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) - formerly referred to as 'legal highs' - provides new evidence about why young people were attracted to the drugs, and the health and social risks associated with taking them.

20 Aug 2019

Largest genomic analysis could help improve treatment for Merkel cell carcinoma patients

Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare, aggressive skin tumor that is diagnosed in approximately 2,000 people each year in the United States.

20 Aug 2019

Blood vessels may turn into bone-like particles with advancing age

A researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington has found that blood vessels within bone marrow may progressively convert into bone with advancing age.

20 Aug 2019

Study uncovers potential new treatment approach for lung cancer

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer found in both men and women. It is estimated there will be roughly 228,000 new lung cancer cases this year, and nearly 30% of those patients will have mutations in the KRAS pathway.

19 Aug 2019

Lipid signaling pathway may enhance T cell-mediated immunotherapy

The immune system surveils our body looking for things that don't belong, often bacteria and viruses. While cancer cells are abnormal cells that undergo unregulated cell growth, they are good at evading detection by the immune system.

19 Aug 2019

Women with diabetes at greater risk for sleep disturbances

Hormone changes are known to alter insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism, as well as interfere with women's sleep patterns.

14 Aug 2019

Collaborative care reduces health care costs and improves patient outcomes

Lowering costs and improving patient outcomes are common goals for most health care providers. A new study from Creighton University School of Medicine and Center for Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research, published Aug. 12 in the Annals of Family Medicine, yielded a reduction in health care costs in an especially vulnerable group: high risk patients.

14 Aug 2019

Breakthrough study identifies specific antibody target implicated in neuropsychiatric lupus

A breakthrough study by a SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University research team has identified a specific antibody target implicated in neuropsychiatric symptoms of lupus.

13 Aug 2019

Resistance to two critical antibiotics widely distributed in Southeast Asia

Resistance to two critical antibiotic types, one a "drug of last resort" when all others fail against some "superbugs," are widely distributed in Southeast Asia, raising the risk of untreatable infections, say a team of investigators led by Georgetown University Medical Center.

13 Aug 2019

Management of ovarian cancer risk in women with BRCA1/2 gene mutations

A new review to help physicians manage the risk of ovarian cancer in women who carry the BRCA1/2 gene mutations is published in CMAJ.

12 Aug 2019

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Latest Nursing News and Research

Breast cancer patients with mental health conditions have higher opioid use, reduced survival

New reliable tool for evaluating the quality of hospital care for acute stroke

Simulated training for timely NICU evacuations

Animal-assisted interventions help reduce patient stress in aeromedical staging facilities

Researchers decode chain of molecules critical for growth and survival of pancreatic cancer

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: All about Medicare

New model developed to optimize and personalize radiotherapy for cancer patients

Poor handgrip may be a sign of impaired cognition and memory in older Americans

Drug that treat human breast cancer might also work for canine lung cancer

Study shows link between family history of diabetes and increased bone mineral density

Study explores motives, experiences of young people using New Psychoactive Substances

Largest genomic analysis could help improve treatment for Merkel cell carcinoma patients

Blood vessels may turn into bone-like particles with advancing age

Study uncovers potential new treatment approach for lung cancer

Lipid signaling pathway may enhance T cell-mediated immunotherapy

Women with diabetes at greater risk for sleep disturbances

Collaborative care reduces health care costs and improves patient outcomes

Breakthrough study identifies specific antibody target implicated in neuropsychiatric lupus

Resistance to two critical antibiotics widely distributed in Southeast Asia

Management of ovarian cancer risk in women with BRCA1/2 gene mutations

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