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New hospital technology disrupts working practices, forces improvisation to deliver safe patient care

Doctors and nurses must adapt their routines and improvise their actions to ensure continued patient safety, and for their roles to be effective and to matter as new technology disrupts their working practices.

25 Nov 2019

Discovery may lead to possible treatments for autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia

Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified that a gene critical to clearing up unnecessary proteins plays a role in brain development and contributes to the development of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia.

25 Nov 2019

Research shows how cilia and exocyst contribute to extracellular vesicle production

Although the cilium has been known to scientists for more than 100 years, it is only recently that it has been acknowledged to play important roles in physiology.

25 Nov 2019

New flu drug makes influenza viruses develop resistance

Researchers have discovered a mutation in strains of influenza treated with a drug that makes the virus resistant to treatment.

25 Nov 2019

Potent antimicrobial could combat antibiotic-resistant MRSA infections

Scientists have discovered a strong antimicrobial that is effective against some of the strongest infectious diseases.

25 Nov 2019

Not yesterday’s cocaine: Death toll rising from tainted drug

A pain pill prescription for nerve damage revived Gwendolyn Barton's long-dormant addiction last year, awakening fears she would slip back into smoking crack cocaine.

25 Nov 2019

UVA doctors decry aggressive billing practices by their own hospital

Prominent doctors at UVA Health System are expressing public outrage at their employer’s practices to collect unpaid medical debt from its patients.

23 Nov 2019

Using AI to determine which lung cancer patients will benefit from immunotherapy

Scientists from the Case Western Reserve University digital imaging lab, already pioneering the use of Artificial Intelligence to predict whether chemotherapy will be successful, can now determine which lung-cancer patients will benefit from expensive immunotherapy.

23 Nov 2019

FDA approves Ohio State-developed drug to treat patients with CLL and SCL

On Nov. 21, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the drug acalabrutinib for first-line therapy in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small cell lymphoma.

22 Nov 2019

CU Anschutz to train students to prescribe buprenorphine products for opioid use disorder

As the nation struggles with a persistent epidemic of opioid addiction, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is taking a critical step that will allow its graduates to better treat patients and save lives.

21 Nov 2019

UIC receives $1.8 million CDC grant for new breast cancer survivorship research

With $1.8 million in funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the University of Illinois at Chicago will help young breast cancer survivors navigate post-treatment care and survival.

21 Nov 2019

Nurse-driven program receives grant to improve care for older adults in nursing homes

The Washington Department of Social and Health Services has awarded Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders, a nurse-driven program based at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, a grant of more than $644,000 to improve the quality of care for older adults living in nursing homes in Washington State.

21 Nov 2019

Sphingolipids associated with heart disease in African Americans with lupus

When it comes to cholesterol, we've come to accept a simple narrative. Our risk of heart disease is lower when we have more "good cholesterol," or high-density lipoproteins (HDL), and less "bad cholesterol," or low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and triglycerides.

21 Nov 2019

Researchers develop breakthrough in marine sponge cell culture

Vertebrate, insect, and plant cell lines are important tools for research in many disciplines, including human health, evolutionary and developmental biology, agriculture and toxicology. Cell lines have been established for many organisms, including freshwater and terrestrial invertebrates.

21 Nov 2019

Nurse home visiting programs provide long-term benefits for infants, first-time mothers

Home visits by nurses to check on infants and first-time mothers offer learning benefits for the children and savings in the cost of public welfare programs, according to new research published in December 2019 issue of the journal Pediatrics.

20 Nov 2019

JACM special issue focuses on challenges in inter-rater reliability in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Diagnostic agreement between practitioners is an ongoing challenge in the evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine and other healthcare systems that rely on constitutional types.

20 Nov 2019

Penn Nursing receives $100,000 grant for HIV research

Penn Nursing has received a $100,000 grant from the Robert I. Jacobs Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation for HIV research. The grant supports an investigation, "Youth-driven Perspectives in HIV Biomedical Prevention and Cure Research," led by José A. Bauermeister, PhD, MPH, Presidential Professor of Nursing.

20 Nov 2019

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

New hospital technology disrupts working practices, forces improvisation to deliver safe patient care

Discovery may lead to possible treatments for autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia

Research shows how cilia and exocyst contribute to extracellular vesicle production

New flu drug makes influenza viruses develop resistance

Potent antimicrobial could combat antibiotic-resistant MRSA infections

Not yesterday’s cocaine: Death toll rising from tainted drug

UVA doctors decry aggressive billing practices by their own hospital

Using AI to determine which lung cancer patients will benefit from immunotherapy

FDA approves Ohio State-developed drug to treat patients with CLL and SCL

CU Anschutz to train students to prescribe buprenorphine products for opioid use disorder

UIC receives $1.8 million CDC grant for new breast cancer survivorship research

Nurse-driven program receives grant to improve care for older adults in nursing homes

Sphingolipids associated with heart disease in African Americans with lupus

Researchers develop breakthrough in marine sponge cell culture

Nurse home visiting programs provide long-term benefits for infants, first-time mothers

JACM special issue focuses on challenges in inter-rater reliability in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Penn Nursing receives $100,000 grant for HIV research

Study: Just one extra hour of sleep can provide health benefits for college students

Study examines foods served within faith community settings related to child health

New gene mutation involved in familial thyroid cancers identified

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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Latest Nursing News and Research

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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