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Striking nurses’ agenda backed by doctors

The NSW nurses’ go on strike today (Wednesday) calling for improved nurse-to-patient ratios and the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has spoken up in their support. However the AMA does not support their decision to strike in defiance of the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC). The strike is taking place despite an IRC order the union call off the strike and government pleas for it to return to the negotiating table.

23 Nov 2010

2010 issue of Johns Hopkins Nursing explores new collaborative opportunities

When it comes to healthcare, an innovative team approach is essential to providing excellent patient care, advancing research, and educating future healthcare providers. The fall/winter 2010 issue of Johns Hopkins Nursing explores how today's nurses work to bridge disciplines and discover new collaborative opportunities.

23 Nov 2010

Frequent hemodialysis improves left ventricular mass, physical health than conventional treatment

Frequent hemodialysis improved left ventricular mass (heart size) and self-reported physical health compared to conventional hemodialysis for kidney failure, according to the Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Daily Trial funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

23 Nov 2010

Health workforce faces challenges with economic downturn, effort to improve quality of care

The Los Angeles Times: Although healthcare has been one of the most reliable "generators of new jobs in California," the situation is changing. A "lousy economy has caught up with an industry once considered virtually immune to downturns. The sector, which employs about 1 in 10 Californians, has stalled at a time when healthcare employment continues to grow nationally.

23 Nov 2010

Explaining changes to Part D plans, fixing doctors' Medicare reimbursements, fighting hikes in long-term care insurance

News outlets cover various issues related to Medicare, including reports about prescription drug coverage and the continuing debate surrounding physician pay. Meanwhile, long-term care insurance is also an important issue for seniors.

23 Nov 2010

Omega announces expiration of Senior Notes due 2020

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. announced today that its offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding $200 million of 7½% Senior Notes due 2020 that were issued in a private placement in February 2010, for $200 million of 7½% Senior Notes due 2020 that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Monday, November 22, 2010.

22 Nov 2010

First Edition: November 22, 2010

Today's headlines offer a range of health policy stories, including more reports on deficit reduction issues, the continuing politics swirling around the health law repeal effort and employers' soaring health care costs.

22 Nov 2010

VYTORIN reduces major vascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease

In a new investigational study of VYTORIN, the cholesterol-lowering medicine from Merck, VYTORIN 10/20 mg reduced the incidence of first major vascular events defined as non-fatal heart attacks or cardiac death, stroke or any revascularization procedure by a highly statistically significant 16.1 percent compared to placebo, Study of Heart and Renal Protection study involved more than 9,000 patients who, on average, had advanced or end-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD)

22 Nov 2010

Researchers discover common genetic variants influence early puberty, body fat

Researchers at King's College London's Department of Twin Research have discovered, as part of a large international consortium, 30 new genes that control the age of sexual maturation in women, the Journal Nature Genetics publishes today.

22 Nov 2010

Researchers reconstitute first step of break repair in cancerous cells

What prompts normal cells to transform themselves into cancerous cells. Researchers from Texas institutions, including the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, have identified factors in the very first step of the process and reconstituted this first step in the test tube. The latter accomplishment was reported Sunday [Nov. 21] in the top-tier journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.

22 Nov 2010

NSW nurses to strike on Wednesday

NSW nurses are bent upon going on strike despite requests from Deputy Premiera and Minister for Health Carmel Tebbutt for them to re-enter negotiations. The strike is set to go ahead against the orders of the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC).

21 Nov 2010

Assessment by nurse practitioner satisfies patients with back problems: Study

Ninety-six per cent of patients with back problems were satisfied with the assessment carried out by a specially trained nurse practitioner, according to a study in the December issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

20 Nov 2010

Pritzker Olsen files lawsuit against Kanan Enterprises for wrongful death suit

Pritzker Olsen law firm has filed a lawsuit through its local counsel on behalf of the family of Nellie Napier, who died after eating peanut butter contaminated with Salmonella. The wrongful death suit was filed in the Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio against Kanan Enterprises, Inc., doing business as King Nut Companies, an Ohio Corporation.

20 Nov 2010

Humana delivers one millionth meal in Well Dine food program

Humana has served nutritious meals to more than 81,000 Humana Medicare Advantage members in 120 cities after a hospital or nursing facility stay since the company's meal-delivery program began in 2006. Yesterday, Well Dine delivered the Humana program's one millionth meal to Humana Medicare Advantage member Sylvia van Dyke, 61, of Knoxville.

20 Nov 2010

CBS Sports to feature CMC and LifeShare Of The Carolinas

Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) and its Organ Procurement partner, LifeShare Of The Carolinas, will be featured in a special CBS Sports broadcast airing on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, during "NFL Today." The segment is expected to air between noon and 12:30 pm.

20 Nov 2010

Harvard researcher to receive 2010 Naomi Berrie Award from Columbia University Medical Center

Columbia University Medical Center will present the 2010 Naomi Berrie Award to a Harvard researcher who has made important advances in understanding the molecular basis for links between obesity, diabetes and heart disease. A promising young investigator at Columbia will also be recognized for her novel investigations regarding the basis for disordered lipid metabolism in diabetes.

20 Nov 2010

Atria Senior Living unveils new activities guide for employees living, working in Life Guidance Neighborhoods

Atria Senior Living Group, one of the nation's largest providers of independent living, assisted living and memory care services, announced today the launch of a new special edition book to benefit residents and employees living and working in the company's Life Guidance Neighborhoods.

20 Nov 2010

Study sheds light on poorly understood aspect of interaction of HIV with natural killer cells

Natural killer cells are major weapons in the body's immune system. They keep the body healthy by knocking off tumors and cells infected with viruses, bombarding them with tiny lethal pellets. But natural killer cells are powerless against HIV, a fact that has bedeviled science for over 20 years.

20 Nov 2010

MHD signs agreement with Riverside Medical for integrated healthcare delivery system

Exactly one year after the approval of the Environmental Impact Report and Specific Plan by the March Joint Powers Authority, March HealthCare Development, LLC (MHD) has signed an agreement with the Riverside Medical Clinic (RMC) that will be the foundation for a new integrated healthcare delivery system on the March LifeCare campus.

20 Nov 2010

Allos Therapeutics to present FOLOTYN data for blood cancers at ASH Annual Meeting

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that five abstracts, describing FOLOTYN (pralatrexate injection) data across different types of blood cancers, were accepted in the program for this year's 52nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting to be held December 4-7, 2010, in Orlando, Florida.

20 Nov 2010

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

Striking nurses’ agenda backed by doctors

2010 issue of Johns Hopkins Nursing explores new collaborative opportunities

Frequent hemodialysis improves left ventricular mass, physical health than conventional treatment

Health workforce faces challenges with economic downturn, effort to improve quality of care

Explaining changes to Part D plans, fixing doctors' Medicare reimbursements, fighting hikes in long-term care insurance

Omega announces expiration of Senior Notes due 2020

First Edition: November 22, 2010

VYTORIN reduces major vascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease

Researchers discover common genetic variants influence early puberty, body fat

Researchers reconstitute first step of break repair in cancerous cells

NSW nurses to strike on Wednesday

Assessment by nurse practitioner satisfies patients with back problems: Study

Pritzker Olsen files lawsuit against Kanan Enterprises for wrongful death suit

Humana delivers one millionth meal in Well Dine food program

CBS Sports to feature CMC and LifeShare Of The Carolinas

Harvard researcher to receive 2010 Naomi Berrie Award from Columbia University Medical Center

Atria Senior Living unveils new activities guide for employees living, working in Life Guidance Neighborhoods

Study sheds light on poorly understood aspect of interaction of HIV with natural killer cells

MHD signs agreement with Riverside Medical for integrated healthcare delivery system

Allos Therapeutics to present FOLOTYN data for blood cancers at ASH Annual Meeting

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