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Caring for an aging nation

Health care for the nation's seniors looms large as the baby-boom generation ages into retirement. President Joe Biden tacitly acknowledged those needs in March with his proposal to spend $400 billion over the next eight years to improve access to in-home and community-based care.

28 May 2021

New study advances knowledge about the link between obesity-associated inflammation and cancer

A review study led by Maria D. Sanchez-Pino, PhD, an assistant research professor in the departments of Interdisciplinary Oncology and Genetics at LSU Health New Orleans' School of Medicine and Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, advances knowledge about the connection between obesity-associated inflammation and cancer.

28 May 2021

Postmenopausal women who underwent bilateral oophorectomy have increased risk of carpal tunnel syndrome

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), which causes tingling and numbness in the hand, more commonly affects women than men and tends to peak around the age of menopause.

26 May 2021

Study can help determine which diabetic individuals can donate corneas for keratoplasty

About a third of the corneal transplant surgeries in the United States involve people with diabetes who donate their corneas after death.

26 May 2021

Corporations encourage employee vaccination but stop short of mandates

Many of the companies with the largest number of employees say they'll do almost anything to encourage their employees to get vaccinated.

25 May 2021

Pandemic leads doctors to rethink unnecessary treatment

Covid-19 is opening the door for researchers to address a problem that has vexed the medical community for decades: the overtreatment and unnecessary treatment of patients.

25 May 2021

UIC leads multi-center collaborative to help communities affected by COVID-19

The University of Illinois Chicago has been selected by the National Institutes of Health as the principal site of a multi-center collaborative in the Chicago area that will bolster research and outreach to help communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19.

25 May 2021

Tips for older adults to regain their game after being cooped up for more than a year

Alice Herb, 88, an intrepid New Yorker, is used to walking miles around Manhattan. But after this year of being shut inside, trying to avoid covid-19, she's noticed a big difference in how she feels.

24 May 2021

Is your living room the future of hospital care?

Major hospital systems are betting big money that the future of hospital care looks a lot like the inside of patients' homes.

24 May 2021

Study indicates that certain anti-cancer therapies may hasten cellular aging

New research indicates that certain anti-cancer therapies may hasten cellular aging, where changes in the DNA of patients may contribute to greater inflammation and fatigue.

24 May 2021

Landmark study confirms that controlled blood pressure is key to prevent stroke, heart disease

Follow-up data from the landmark SPRINT study of the effect of high blood pressure on cardiovascular disease have confirmed that aggressive blood pressure management -- lowering systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mm Hg -- dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke, and death from these diseases, as well as death from all causes, compared to lowering systolic blood pressure to less than 140 mm Hg.

22 May 2021

Telepresence robot enables COVID-19 patients to talk to their loved ones

Researchers of the Integrated Systems Engineering Group of the University of Malaga (UMA) have designed a telepresence robot that enables people suffering from COVID-19 to talk to their loved ones.

22 May 2021

Campylobacter infection can also be spread through sexual contact

Campylobacter infection, one of the most common foodborne illnesses in the Western world, can also be spread through sexual contact, according to a new research discovery by an OU Hudson College of Public Health faculty member, working in conjunction with colleagues in Denmark.

21 May 2021

Trial results show upadacitinib to be the most effective treatment for atopic dermatitis

The findings of a clinical trial by Trinity College Dublin researchers of treatment for atopic dermatitis have been published today in The Lancet journal (Friday, 21st May, 2021).

21 May 2021

New study to develop program for infants at risk for health disparities

Many parents of young children can relate to the challenges of getting babies to eat healthy, whether babies throw food on the floor, refuse to eat healthy foods or only want to eat sugary snacks.

21 May 2021

Women with history of weight cycling have increased rates of sleep problems

Women with a history of weight cycling - losing and regaining 10 pounds or more, even once - have increased rates of insomnia and other sleep problems, reports a study in The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, official journal of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association.

21 May 2021

World Health Assembly highlights the urgency to end COVID-19 pandemic and prevent the next one

In a year when COVID-19 threatens the health and well-being of everyone on the planet, the seventy-fourth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) will stress the urgency of ending the current pandemic and preventing the next one by building a healthier, safer and fairer world.

20 May 2021

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Latest Nursing News and Research

Caring for an aging nation

New study advances knowledge about the link between obesity-associated inflammation and cancer

Postmenopausal women who underwent bilateral oophorectomy have increased risk of carpal tunnel syndrome

Study can help determine which diabetic individuals can donate corneas for keratoplasty

Corporations encourage employee vaccination but stop short of mandates

Pandemic leads doctors to rethink unnecessary treatment

UIC leads multi-center collaborative to help communities affected by COVID-19

Tips for older adults to regain their game after being cooped up for more than a year

Is your living room the future of hospital care?

Study indicates that certain anti-cancer therapies may hasten cellular aging

Landmark study confirms that controlled blood pressure is key to prevent stroke, heart disease

Telepresence robot enables COVID-19 patients to talk to their loved ones

Campylobacter infection can also be spread through sexual contact

Trial results show upadacitinib to be the most effective treatment for atopic dermatitis

New study to develop program for infants at risk for health disparities

Women with history of weight cycling have increased rates of sleep problems

World Health Assembly highlights the urgency to end COVID-19 pandemic and prevent the next one

Seniors enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid can experience worse outcomes after ICU hospitalization

Tokyo sees rapid rise of SARS-CoV-2 R.1 lineage

Four months of multi-drug therapy for tuberculosis is as effective as standard regimen

Does the number of siblings you have affect your health?

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