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Large-scale HIV intervention project conducted by Penn Nursing at South Africa proves successful

A large-scale human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) intervention/education effort aimed at helping South African men take a proactive role in the prevention of that disease has proven successful, an important development considering that country has the largest number of HIV infections in the world.

20 Jan 2014

Study: People with learning disabilities largely invisible within hospitals

Hospital patients with learning disabilities face longer waits and mismanaged treatment due to a failure to understand them by nursing staff, says a new report.

20 Jan 2014

Telestroke appears to be cost-effective for society

Researchers have found that using telemedicine to deliver stroke care, also known as telestroke, appears to be cost-effective for society. The research was recently published in the American Journal of Managed Care.

19 Jan 2014

Tricky politics affecting Arkansas, Arizona Medicaid expansion

An Arkansas special election, which was held to replace a Democratic senator who was forced to step down over ethics violations, centered on questions about the state plans to expand Medicaid. It resulted in a Republican win and takes away one vote from the "private option" expansion plan lawmakers approved last year. News outlets also provide updates from Georgia, Arizona and New Hampshire.

19 Jan 2014

ENA applauds the U.S. Senate for approving omnibus spending bill for emergency care programs

The Emergency Nurses Association applauds the U.S. Senate for approving an omnibus spending bill that contains increased funding for programs important to emergency nurses.

18 Jan 2014

UCSF study finds widespread exposure to banned endocrine disrupters

Americans are being exposed to significantly lower levels of some phthalates that were banned from children's articles in 2008, but exposures to other forms of these chemicals are rising steeply, according to a study led by researchers at UC San Francisco.

17 Jan 2014

Longer reads: Connecting with patients; obesity origins; children with chronic disease

I'd never [before] been encouraged to sit at a patient's bedside - to stop hurrying for even a moment. Our medical teachers put a premium on accuracy and efficiency, which became conflated with speed.

17 Jan 2014

Babies born to smoking mothers have 47% increase in odds of becoming overweight

Many women are encouraged to quit smoking when they become pregnant using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) whether as gum, transdermal patches, nasal spray or lozenges.

16 Jan 2014

Higher vitamin D levels linked with better cognition and less depression in PD patients

A new study exploring vitamin D levels in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) opens up the possibility of a new avenue of early intervention that may delay or prevent the onset of cognitive impairment and depression. The findings are published in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease.

16 Jan 2014

Researchers find new way to boost survival of pediatric patients suffering cardiac arrest

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford have found a new way to boost the survival of pediatric patients whose hearts stop while they are hospitalized.

16 Jan 2014

BMC reduced audible alarms as a way to combat alarm fatigue, improve patient safety

Boston Medical Center (BMC) successfully reduced audible alarms as a way to combat alarm fatigue and improve patient safety. The hospital, one of two in the country that spearheaded this issue, implemented a novel cost-effective approach during a six-week pilot program that resulted in a drastic drop in audible alarms.

16 Jan 2014

Study examines charges for uncomplicated deliveries

Women giving birth in California can face a huge cost difference in their hospital bills, according to a new UC San Francisco study.

16 Jan 2014

Joslin Diabetes Center launches pilot program with Truman Medical Centers to test JCAT

Joslin Diabetes Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, has launched a pilot program in conjunction with Truman Medical Centers, the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri-Kansas City Schools of Medicine to test the capabilities of a novel and innovative care analytics tool called the Joslin Clinical Analytical Tool (JCAT™).

15 Jan 2014

Less gray matter in brain not linked to reading disabilities in people with dyslexia

In people with dyslexia, less gray matter in the brain has been linked to reading disabilities, but now new evidence suggests this is a consequence of poorer reading experiences and not the root cause of the disorder.

15 Jan 2014

Research reveals new therapy for preventing production of sphingolipids by lymphoma cells

Christopher Parsons, MD, Director of the HIV Malignancies Program at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the senior author of a paper that is the first to report that specialized fat (lipid) molecules, called sphingolipids, play a key role in the survival of aggressive lymphomas caused by viruses.

15 Jan 2014

Coalition publishes new evidence on patient impact of drug shortages in US

According to newly published results from a survey of pharmacy directors, drug shortages remain a serious problem for patient safety. Nearly half of the responding directors reported adverse events at their facilities due to drug shortages, including patient deaths.

13 Jan 2014

FDA approves Farxiga tablets to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus

AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Farxiga™ [far-SEE-ga] (dapagliflozin), a once-daily oral treatment indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

13 Jan 2014

Texas researcher receives U.S. patent for new class of compounds that protect against TBI

A researcher in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio received a U.S. patent Dec. 31 for his discovery that a class of compounds is protective against traumatic brain injury.

13 Jan 2014

UMMS researchers commissioned by Alpha-1 Project to develop PiZ antibody

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) have been commissioned by the Alpha-1 Project (TAP) to develop a PiZ antibody. The antibody will be used to track the presence of mutant alpha-1 PiZ protein in human blood serum, an essential tool in testing potential therapies for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (Alpha-1).

13 Jan 2014

Nonsurgical treatment improves symptoms in women with pelvic floor dysfunction

One in three women suffer from pelvic floor dysfunction, a range of symptoms which include bladder and bowel problems as well as pelvic pain, according to the American Urogynecologic Society. Now, University of Missouri researchers have demonstrated that a comprehensive, nonsurgical treatment significantly improves symptoms in women with PFD.

10 Jan 2014

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

Large-scale HIV intervention project conducted by Penn Nursing at South Africa proves successful

Study: People with learning disabilities largely invisible within hospitals

Telestroke appears to be cost-effective for society

Tricky politics affecting Arkansas, Arizona Medicaid expansion

ENA applauds the U.S. Senate for approving omnibus spending bill for emergency care programs

UCSF study finds widespread exposure to banned endocrine disrupters

Longer reads: Connecting with patients; obesity origins; children with chronic disease

Babies born to smoking mothers have 47% increase in odds of becoming overweight

Higher vitamin D levels linked with better cognition and less depression in PD patients

Researchers find new way to boost survival of pediatric patients suffering cardiac arrest

BMC reduced audible alarms as a way to combat alarm fatigue, improve patient safety

Study examines charges for uncomplicated deliveries

Joslin Diabetes Center launches pilot program with Truman Medical Centers to test JCAT

Less gray matter in brain not linked to reading disabilities in people with dyslexia

Research reveals new therapy for preventing production of sphingolipids by lymphoma cells

Coalition publishes new evidence on patient impact of drug shortages in US

FDA approves Farxiga tablets to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Texas researcher receives U.S. patent for new class of compounds that protect against TBI

UMMS researchers commissioned by Alpha-1 Project to develop PiZ antibody

Nonsurgical treatment improves symptoms in women with pelvic floor dysfunction

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