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UnitedHealthcare to host educational seminars at Jersey City Medical Center

UnitedHealthcare will host a series of educational seminars at the Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, N.J., to help baby boomers and other Medicare beneficiaries learn more about the Medicare program so they can make confident health care coverage choices.

16 Jul 2012

College-age children also need immunizations, says UMDNJ professor

Most parents take their young children regularly for immunization shots that protect against polio, diphtheria, measles, mumps and other diseases. But many do not consider that their college-age children also need immunizations.

14 Jul 2012

MedStar NRH, Georgetown University create new Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery

Georgetown University and MedStar National Rehabilitation Network announced today a new research and patient care partnership that extends the boundaries of neuroscience. The new Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery marks the launch of a rare research continuum spanning basic and translational science in brain recovery.

14 Jul 2012

Two cellular proteins team up to provide steady supply of RBCs

Two cellular proteins team up to provide a steady supply of red blood cells (RBCs), according to a study by Lizhao Wu, PhD, of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, and colleagues.

14 Jul 2012

Study demonstrates superiority of AE technique for ACL reconstruction in children

A new study demonstrates the superiority of a specific technique to perform anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction in children. In recent years, the number of ACL surgeries in pediatric athletes has skyrocketed.

13 Jul 2012

Cubist initiates CB-315 Phase 3 trial for Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the initiation of its pivotal Phase 3 studies evaluating the efficacy and safety of CB-315 in patients with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, or CDAD, with enrollment of a patient in the first of two planned identical global trials.

13 Jul 2012

Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics receives pilot project award from PCORI

The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics has been received one of 50 pilot project awards by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study stakeholder views of streamlined informed consent options for comparative effectiveness research (CER) studies.

12 Jul 2012

IntNSA, Wolters Kluwer partner to publish Journal of Addictions Nursing

Wolters Kluwer Health and International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) are pleased to announce a partnership agreement to publish Journal of Addictions Nursing (JAN), the official journal of IntNSA. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, will be the publisher of record for Journal of Addictions Nursing (JAN), beginning with the October 2012 issue.

12 Jul 2012

New assay can identify rare cancerous cells within mixed populations

Rare cells can be identified within mixed cell populations with near perfect accuracy using a detection technique devised by research teams led by Robert Wieder, MD, PhD, at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School and Rajan Kumar, MD, PhD, at Genome Data Systems in Hamilton, N.J. This technique may facilitate cancer diagnosis, which often relies on the detection of rare cancerous cells in tiny amounts of biopsy tissue or fluid.

12 Jul 2012

SunLink closes $9,975,000 loan for Trace Regional Hospital in Houston

SunLink Health Systems, Inc. today announced that it closed a $9,975,000 loan for its Trace Regional Hospital in Houston, MS. Approximately $1,475,000 of the loan proceeds will be used to make improvements to the hospital and its medical office building, as well as for working capital and costs.

12 Jul 2012

Physicians need to know how chemical intolerance affects people: Study

Chemical intolerance contributes to the illnesses of 1 in 5 patients but the condition seldom figures in their diagnosis, according to clinical research directed by a UT Medicine San Antonio physician.

11 Jul 2012

National quality performance standards for disposable adult absorbent products from NAFC

A council headed by the National Association For Continence (NAFC) released its recommended national quality performance standards for disposable adult absorbent products for incontinence in the frail, elderly and/or disabled populations.

11 Jul 2012

Victims of stray-bullet shootings are often children, females

Most people killed or wounded in stray-bullet shootings were unaware of events leading to the gunfire that caused their injuries, and nearly one-third of the victims were children and nearly half were female, according to a new nationwide study examining an often-overlooked form of gun violence.

11 Jul 2012

Euthanasia and assisted suicide rates in the Netherlands comparable to rates before legalisation

2010 rates of euthanasia and assisted suicide in the Netherlands were comparable to levels before the practices were legalised in 2002, according to new research published Online First in The Lancet and conducted by a Dutch research team from Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, Rotterdam; VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam; Statistics Netherlands, The Hague; and Utrecht’s University Medical Centre.

11 Jul 2012

Fatal outcome from HFMD is rare, says LUHS pediatric infectious disease specialist

A mysterious disease that has killed nearly 60 children in Cambodia has been identified by the World Health Organization as enterovirus 71. This virus is one among a family of viruses that cause a variety of illnesses, including a common childhood illness called hand, foot and mouth disease, but Andrew Bonwit, MD, pediatric infectious disease specialist at Loyola University Health System, says a fatal outcome from such illness is rare.

11 Jul 2012

Physicians strongly support positive clinical and social impact of using robots in ICUs

Remote presence robots are used in intensive care units (ICUs) to help critical care physicians supplement on-site patient visits and maintain more frequent patient interactions. Physicians who employ this technology to supplement day-to-day patient care strongly support the positive clinical and social impact of using robots, according to a report published in Telemedicine and e-Health, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

11 Jul 2012

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Latest Nursing News and Research

UnitedHealthcare to host educational seminars at Jersey City Medical Center

College-age children also need immunizations, says UMDNJ professor

MedStar NRH, Georgetown University create new Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery

Two cellular proteins team up to provide steady supply of RBCs

Study demonstrates superiority of AE technique for ACL reconstruction in children

Cubist initiates CB-315 Phase 3 trial for Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea

Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics receives pilot project award from PCORI

IntNSA, Wolters Kluwer partner to publish Journal of Addictions Nursing

New assay can identify rare cancerous cells within mixed populations

SunLink closes $9,975,000 loan for Trace Regional Hospital in Houston

Physicians need to know how chemical intolerance affects people: Study

National quality performance standards for disposable adult absorbent products from NAFC

Victims of stray-bullet shootings are often children, females

Euthanasia and assisted suicide rates in the Netherlands comparable to rates before legalisation

Fatal outcome from HFMD is rare, says LUHS pediatric infectious disease specialist

Physicians strongly support positive clinical and social impact of using robots in ICUs

Research finds new single-gene cause of chronic kidney disease

UCLA to examine whether copper surfaces result in reduced hospital infection rates

New monitoring approach could improve quality of HIV care for prisoners

Proposed Medicare fee schedule includes pay increase for primary care, family docs

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