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State highlights: States seek health care autonomy; L.A. nursing home audit; promoting overdose-reversal drug

Kansas, Missouri and seven other states have signed on to a movement that would wrest regulation of most of the nation's health care insurance systems from the federal government.

30 Aug 2014

Technology-assisted interventions in primary care setting help patients achieve weight loss

Despite US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for screening and treating obesity, there are many barriers, several of which may be ameliorated through technological approaches according to a new study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center published online August 21, 2014 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

30 Aug 2014

Research roundup: Benefits of hip surgery; preventing surgical infections; assessing ACOs' predecessors

Surgical treatment of hip fractures can achieve better survival and functional outcomes than nonoperative treatment, but less is known about its economic benefits. ... We estimated the effects of surgical treatment for displaced hip fractures through a Markov cohort analysis of patients 65 years and older. ... Estimated average lifetime societal benefits per patient exceeded the direct medical costs of hip fracture surgery by $65,000 to $68,000 for displaced hip fractures. With the exception of the assumption of nursing home use, the sensitivity analyses show that surgery produces positive net societal savings (Gu, Koenig, Mather and Tongue, 8/5).

30 Aug 2014

Solid-head power toothbrushes retain less bacteria than hollow-head toothbrushes

Solid-head power toothbrushes retain less bacteria compared to hollow-head toothbrushes, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry.

29 Aug 2014

$Study: Young athletes need to avoid continuous repetitive activity to decrease risk of pars fracture$

Study: Young athletes need to avoid continuous repetitive activity to decrease risk of pars fracture

Young athletes today often participate in sports year round and with increasingly competitive club and school sports, it has become common to choose one sport to specialize at a young age. While this specialization may seem like a competitive edge, new Northwestern Medicine research suggests that repetitive activity in just one sport, high impact or not, may not be a great idea for growing athletes.

29 Aug 2014

Peer groups, clinicians play critical role in development of effective breastfeeding programs

The support of peer groups and clinicians is critical to the development of effective breastfeeding programs, according to recent University of Georgia research.

29 Aug 2014

New treatment fights respiratory syncytial virus

The New England Journal of Medicine published research results on Aug. 21 from a clinical trial of a drug shown to safely reduce the viral load and clinical illness of healthy adult volunteers intranasally infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

29 Aug 2014

HICCC receives $18 million grant from the National Cancer Institute

Outstanding basic research, a growing focus on translating discoveries into treatments, and a dedication to patient care have earned the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) of Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital an $18 million, five-year Cancer Center Support Grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

28 Aug 2014

MedEquities Realty Trust closes initial private placement of $163.9 million common stock

MedEquities Realty Trust, Inc., a newly formed, self-managed and self-administered company that invests in a diversified mix of healthcare properties and healthcare-related real estate debt investments, announced today that during July and August 2014 it completed an initial private placement of $163.9 million of its common stock.

28 Aug 2014

Suggestions for successful breast feeding from nurse midwifery program

Most new moms know the benefits of breast feeding. For babies, it can lower the risk of developing asthma, diabetes, and leukemia. For moms, it reduces the risk of breast cancer. But many women still don't know where to turn for help when breast feeding doesn't go as smoothly as they imagined it would.

28 Aug 2014

THC may slow or halt progression of Alzheimer's disease

Extremely low levels of the compound in marijuana known as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, may slow or halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease, a recent study from neuroscientists at the University of South Florida shows.

28 Aug 2014

State highlights: Minn. vaccine requirements; Sovaldi in Calif. prisons; Ga. Rural ERs

For the first time in a decade, Minnesota schoolchildren are required to receive additional vaccines this fall. Seventh-graders now must get the meningococcal vaccination and an additional pertussis (whooping cough) booster.

27 Aug 2014

Meridian Health joins "The Baton Pass" to spread message of hope

Meridian Health, a leading health care system in New Jersey, joined a national movement called "The Baton Pass™" to help raise funds for innovative cancer research and spread a message of hope.

27 Aug 2014

Viewpoints: Check out those nursing home stars; Rove a 'bleeding heart liberal' on Medicare?

Medicare has devised a rating system for nursing homes that portrays many of them as much better than they really are.

27 Aug 2014

Americana announces strategic partnership with COMS Interactive

Americana Corporation is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with COMS Interactive, LLC (Clinical Outcomes Management Systems or COMS). The partnership supports an interface between Americana Corporation's AmeraCare products/services and the COMS Daylight IQ™ disease management software.

26 Aug 2014

CWRU offers new MOOC to teach health care workers deliver better care to patients

"Take the Lead on Health Care Quality Improvement"-a new free massive open online course (MOOC) offered this fall by Case Western Reserve University's school of nursing-targets ways frontline health care workers can deliver safer and better care to patients.

26 Aug 2014

Nursing homes can see improvements in quality of care with "culture change"

If a nursing home makes an extensive investment in "culture change" it will see improvements in quality of care, according to a new study led by Brown University gerontology researchers.

26 Aug 2014

Intervention program to help parents manage children's behaviors after being diagnosed with autism

In a first of its kind clinical trial, Debra Zand, Ph.D., and her team at Saint Louis University, will run an intervention program to help parents address and manage their children's challenging behaviors immediately after being diagnosed with autism.

26 Aug 2014

Authors emphasize benefits of calcium and vitamin D supplements on bone health

Calcium and vitamin D are essential to keeping bones strong, dense and healthy as we age, as well as preventing bone loss, osteporosis, and skeletal fractures.

26 Aug 2014

At home or in facilities, care for elderly changing rapidly

News outlets cover the reliability of nursing home ratings, the growth of home health care aides and the return of the house call.

26 Aug 2014

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Latest Nursing News and Research

State highlights: States seek health care autonomy; L.A. nursing home audit; promoting overdose-reversal drug

Technology-assisted interventions in primary care setting help patients achieve weight loss

Research roundup: Benefits of hip surgery; preventing surgical infections; assessing ACOs' predecessors

Solid-head power toothbrushes retain less bacteria than hollow-head toothbrushes

Study: Young athletes need to avoid continuous repetitive activity to decrease risk of pars fracture

Peer groups, clinicians play critical role in development of effective breastfeeding programs

New treatment fights respiratory syncytial virus

HICCC receives $18 million grant from the National Cancer Institute

MedEquities Realty Trust closes initial private placement of $163.9 million common stock

Suggestions for successful breast feeding from nurse midwifery program

THC may slow or halt progression of Alzheimer's disease

State highlights: Minn. vaccine requirements; Sovaldi in Calif. prisons; Ga. Rural ERs

Meridian Health joins "The Baton Pass" to spread message of hope

Viewpoints: Check out those nursing home stars; Rove a 'bleeding heart liberal' on Medicare?

Americana announces strategic partnership with COMS Interactive

CWRU offers new MOOC to teach health care workers deliver better care to patients

Nursing homes can see improvements in quality of care with "culture change"

Intervention program to help parents manage children's behaviors after being diagnosed with autism

Authors emphasize benefits of calcium and vitamin D supplements on bone health

At home or in facilities, care for elderly changing rapidly

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