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Drexel University to expand nurse-managed health center

Drexel University will begin a major expansion of its nurse-managed health center which is nationally recognized as a model of integrated care.

25 Feb 2014

More uninsured children are from immigrant families, reports study

Children from immigrant families now account for 42 percent of uninsured children in the United States, reports a study in the March issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

25 Feb 2014

Toshiba introduces strategy to establish healthcare business

Toshiba Corporation has introduced the strategy that it will promote to establish its healthcare business as a third main pillar of operations, along with its energy and storage businesses.

25 Feb 2014

EarlySense partners with Welch Allyn to increase point of care

EarlySense, the market leader in proactive patient care solutions, together with Welch Allyn, a leading medical diagnostic device company that delivers pragmatic innovation at the point of care, announced today an ongoing strategic partnership.

25 Feb 2014

Researchers determine whether vitamin D can improve mood in women with diabetes

Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing researchers are recruiting women for a study to determine whether raising blood levels of vitamin D can improve mood in women with diabetes.

25 Feb 2014

Nurses can increase quality of life in older patients by promoting exercise

Nurses can increase independence and quality of life as well as reduce social isolation in older patients by promoting exercise.

24 Feb 2014

Research: Pelvic cancer patients want to be better informed about side effects before treatment

Patients who undergo radiotherapy for pelvic cancers want to be better informed about side effects before treatment, research has revealed.

24 Feb 2014

Study highlights novel reprogramming method that offers new hope for treating liver failure

The power of regenerative medicine now allows scientists to transform skin cells into cells that closely resemble heart cells, pancreas cells and even neurons. However, a method to generate cells that are fully mature-a crucial prerequisite for life-saving therapies-has proven far more difficult.

24 Feb 2014

Policy statement suggests ways to improve drug safety and efficacy in children

With less than half of medications including specific labeling for children, Kathleen Neville, MD, MS, a physician at Children's Mercy Hospital, recently led an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) committee in updating the policy with new recommendations guiding the off-label use of drugs in pediatric patients.

24 Feb 2014

AACN to bring top issues facing critical care into focus in spring conference

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses brings top issues facing critical care into focus with its spring conference, AACN Clinical Priorities.

24 Feb 2014

Study reveals that color vision abnormalities increase with age

Abnormal color vision increases significantly with aging-affecting one-half or more of people in the oldest age groups, reports a study in Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry.

24 Feb 2014

CUMC researchers find potential target for treating autism, schizophrenia, and other brain disorders

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have determined that a small region of the hippocampus known as CA2 is essential for social memory, the ability of an animal to recognize another of the same species.

24 Feb 2014

UCSF and Samsung partner to accelerate validation of new digital health technologies

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and UC San Francisco (UCSF), one of the world's premier health sciences universities, today announced a partnership to accelerate validation and commercialization of promising new sensors, algorithms, and digital health technologies for preventive health solutions.

24 Feb 2014

Social/behavioral intervention strategies may help drug users avoid injection-related HCV, HIV infections

Despite a number of social/behavioral intervention and educational programs, the spread of hepatitis C (HCV) in people who inject drugs (PWIDs) remains a chronic problem.

24 Feb 2014

Informed consent is not required for certain health research, say bioethics experts

Under the right conditions, full informed consent is not ethically required for some types of health research, according to leading bioethics experts.

21 Feb 2014

Kindred Healthcare consolidated revenues decline 1% to $1.22 billion in Q4 2013

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. today announced its operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013. The Company continues to benefit from its repositioning strategy through the planned exit from a nursing center and a transitional care hospital and the closure of another nursing center during the fourth quarter of 2013.

20 Feb 2014

LTC Properties reports increase of 13.8% in FFO to $20 million in Q4 2013

LTC Properties, Inc. announces today operating results for the quarter ended December 31, 2013. The Company reported an increase of 13.8% in Funds from Operations ("FFO") to $20.0 million in the quarter ended December 31, 2013, from $17.5 million in the comparable 2012 period.

20 Feb 2014

Medicare beneficiaries discharged from nursing homes return to hospital within month

Nursing homes are widely used by Medicare beneficiaries who require rehabilitation after hospital stays. But according to a recent study led by a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, a high percentage of Medicare patients who are discharged from nursing homes will return to the hospital or the emergency room within 30 days.

20 Feb 2014

Researchers use cardiac monitor to assess atrial fibrillation after cryptogenic stroke

Larry Ambrose woke up one night, wandered into his kitchen but couldn't completely read the time on his microwave. A few days later when he noticed his blood pressure was unusually high, he went to the hospital and was diagnosed as having a stroke.

From Medtronic 20 Feb 2014

Survey finds inconsistency in inpatient psychiatry services for youth at hospitals across Ontario

A first of its kind benchmarking survey was used to evaluate the state of inpatient psychiatry settings and services for youth at hospitals across Ontario, as published today in the Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. On average, the province's services are comparable to other settings internationally, helping youth with the most severe and complex mental health problems, but also show similar signs of inconsistency across settings in the types and quality of inpatient care.

20 Feb 2014

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

Drexel University to expand nurse-managed health center

More uninsured children are from immigrant families, reports study

Toshiba introduces strategy to establish healthcare business

EarlySense partners with Welch Allyn to increase point of care

Researchers determine whether vitamin D can improve mood in women with diabetes

Nurses can increase quality of life in older patients by promoting exercise

Research: Pelvic cancer patients want to be better informed about side effects before treatment

Study highlights novel reprogramming method that offers new hope for treating liver failure

Policy statement suggests ways to improve drug safety and efficacy in children

AACN to bring top issues facing critical care into focus in spring conference

Study reveals that color vision abnormalities increase with age

CUMC researchers find potential target for treating autism, schizophrenia, and other brain disorders

UCSF and Samsung partner to accelerate validation of new digital health technologies

Social/behavioral intervention strategies may help drug users avoid injection-related HCV, HIV infections

Informed consent is not required for certain health research, say bioethics experts

Kindred Healthcare consolidated revenues decline 1% to $1.22 billion in Q4 2013

LTC Properties reports increase of 13.8% in FFO to $20 million in Q4 2013

Medicare beneficiaries discharged from nursing homes return to hospital within month

Researchers use cardiac monitor to assess atrial fibrillation after cryptogenic stroke

Survey finds inconsistency in inpatient psychiatry services for youth at hospitals across Ontario

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