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Study uses new method to assess YMSM's testing experiences in cities impacted by HIV epidemic

Improving rates of HIV testing among young men who have sex with men (YMSM) is a crucial public health strategy to stem the increasing HIV epidemic and to end HIV in the United States by 2030.

30 Oct 2019

Behavioral, social, and biomedical strategies essential to end HIV epidemic in the US

To end the HIV epidemic in the United States, the use of behavioral and social science research-;combined with biomedical strategies-;is essential, according to a series of new papers in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS).

30 Oct 2019

American culture is uniquely favorable toward prescribing opioids, suggests study

The longer immigrants live in the United States, the more likely they are to use prescription opioids--a fact that contradicts popular views linking wealth and health, and suggests that American culture is uniquely favorable toward prescribing opioids.

30 Oct 2019

Nursing experts to receive the Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing Award

In an effort to train caregivers to meet the needs of a rapidly aging population, The University of Texas at Arlington prepares nurses for advanced practice, management and research in the field of gerontology.

30 Oct 2019

Poverty, race have no impact on total knee replacement revision or failure

Previous studies have established that black patients have a higher risk for knee replacement revision. Black patients also report significantly more pain and worse joint function two years after surgery compared to white patients.

29 Oct 2019

Rutgers selected to speed up development of biomedical health technologies

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey was selected as one of five new hubs under the National Institutes of Health's Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs program to speed up the translation of biomedical discoveries into commercially viable diagnostics, devices, therapeutics, and tools to improve patient care, enhance health, and train the next generation of innovators.

29 Oct 2019

Living through Hurricane Katrina linked to higher mortality rate among breast cancer patients

Breast cancer patients who endured Hurricane Katrina in 2005 have a 15% higher mortality rate than those patients not exposed to the storm, according to a University of Michigan researcher.

29 Oct 2019

California fires illuminate trauma and resilience

Dorothy Hammack had planned to wash her thick, dark hair in the kitchen sink Friday morning. She couldn't yet shower, due to the incision on her breast from a biopsy a few days before. Her doctor had already called to let her know the results: She had breast cancer.

29 Oct 2019

Researchers receive NCI grant to increase colorectal cancer screening in Appalachia

Cancer-control researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute and the University of Kentucky aim to increase colorectal cancer screening and follow-up care among underserved individuals in Appalachia through a multi-institutional $5.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute.

29 Oct 2019

Gabapentinoid medications increasingly prescribed off-label for adults with cancer

Between 2005 and 2015, as the opioid crisis in America came into focus, prescriptions for gabapentinoid medications -- gabapentin and pregabalin -- to adults with cancer saw a two-fold increase, a University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center study has found.

29 Oct 2019

New research could help better understand progress of breast cancer

New research at Case Western Reserve University could help better determine which patients diagnosed with the pre-malignant breast cancer commonly as stage 0 are likely to progress to invasive breast cancer and therefore might benefit from additional therapy over and above surgery alone.

29 Oct 2019

Wisconsin study: 3 in 5 people with Down syndrome diagnosed with dementia by age 55

Not so many years ago, people with Down syndrome rarely survived to middle age. Many died young due to heart problems associated with the congenital condition.

29 Oct 2019

AANA publishes new study on safety outcomes, cost-effectiveness of anesthesia delivery

The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists released a new study that suggests politics and professional interests are the main drivers of anesthesia policy in the United States.

29 Oct 2019

States try a gentler approach to getting Medicaid enrollees to work

Under pressure from the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania legislature to require Medicaid recipients to work as a condition for coverage, state health officials have devised a gentler approach to getting beneficiaries into jobs.

29 Oct 2019

Pro-inflammatory protein could play key role in protecting against herpes virus

Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix have discovered a function in a pro-inflammatory protein that could play an important part in improving current and future therapeutics for the herpes virus.

29 Oct 2019

Health algorithm biased against black individuals finds study

A new study has revealed that a commonly and widely used healthcare algorithm may be biased against blacks and may be denying them of vital medical treatment. The study titled, “Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations,” was published this week in the latest issue of the journal Science.

26 Oct 2019

Neuroscientists identify how people can have a 'crash in visual processing'

Georgetown neuroscientists say they have identified how people can have a "crash in visual processing" -; a bottleneck of feedforward and feedback signals that can cause us not to be consciously aware of stimuli that our brain recognized.

25 Oct 2019

Survey shows positive link between infection prevention certification and ASP comprehensiveness

Nearly half of all nursing homes do not have adequately trained infection prevention staff and their efforts to combat the over prescription of antibiotics are suffering as a result, according to a new study in the American Journal of Infection Control, the journal of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, published by Elsevier.

25 Oct 2019

Most popular first-line treatment for hypertension may be less effective than alternative drugs

A new multinational study shows that the most popular first-line treatment for hypertension is less effective and has more side effects than an alternative that's prescribed much less often.

25 Oct 2019

Study finds heightened risk of adverse financial outcomes prior to Alzheimer's diagnosis

Prior to an Alzheimer's diagnosis, a person in the early stages of the disease faces a heightened risk of adverse financial outcomes -; a likely consequence of compromised decision making when managing money, in addition to exploitation and fraud by others.

25 Oct 2019

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

Study uses new method to assess YMSM's testing experiences in cities impacted by HIV epidemic

Behavioral, social, and biomedical strategies essential to end HIV epidemic in the US

American culture is uniquely favorable toward prescribing opioids, suggests study

Nursing experts to receive the Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing Award

Poverty, race have no impact on total knee replacement revision or failure

Rutgers selected to speed up development of biomedical health technologies

Living through Hurricane Katrina linked to higher mortality rate among breast cancer patients

California fires illuminate trauma and resilience

Researchers receive NCI grant to increase colorectal cancer screening in Appalachia

Gabapentinoid medications increasingly prescribed off-label for adults with cancer

New research could help better understand progress of breast cancer

Wisconsin study: 3 in 5 people with Down syndrome diagnosed with dementia by age 55

AANA publishes new study on safety outcomes, cost-effectiveness of anesthesia delivery

States try a gentler approach to getting Medicaid enrollees to work

Pro-inflammatory protein could play key role in protecting against herpes virus

Health algorithm biased against black individuals finds study

Neuroscientists identify how people can have a 'crash in visual processing'

Survey shows positive link between infection prevention certification and ASP comprehensiveness

Most popular first-line treatment for hypertension may be less effective than alternative drugs

Study finds heightened risk of adverse financial outcomes prior to Alzheimer's diagnosis

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Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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