Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

Deep learning model COMPOSER enhances early sepsis detection and patient survival

Study in Npj Digital Medicine evaluates COMPOSER, a deep learning model for early sepsis prediction, showing its effectiveness in improving patient care and reducing in-hospital mortality rates.

24 Jan 2024

Study lays the groundwork for improving end-of-life care

A Rutgers Health analysis of millions of Medicare records has laid the groundwork for improving end-of-life care by demonstrating that nearly all older Americans follow one of nine trajectories in their last three years of life.

24 Jan 2024

Researchers secure $1.5 million grant to eliminate barriers from cervical cancer prevention

A research team from LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center has been awarded a $1.5 million grant to eliminate barriers from cervical cancer prevention. The five-year program combines a $1.2 million award from the American Cancer Society and $75,000 a year for five years investment from LSU Health New Orleans.

24 Jan 2024

Ultrasound method helps identify pregnant women at risk for preterm birth

Researchers have developed a way to use ultrasound to predict whether a pregnant person is at risk of delivering a baby prematurely, which occurs in upward of 10% of pregnancies in the U.S.

24 Jan 2024

More than half of Americans uninformed as heart disease claims top spot again

More than half of people in the U.S. (51%) do not know that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the country, according to a recent Harris Poll survey conducted on behalf of the American Heart Association in November 2023.

24 Jan 2024

New European research and innovation project launched to study healthy aging

A new European research and innovation project studying healthy ageing launched this month. This collaborative project has been awarded funding from Horizon Europe, the EU's key funding programme for research and innovation.

24 Jan 2024

AI model identifies sepsis patients before symptoms appear

Each year, at least 1.7 million adults in the United States develop sepsis, and approximately 350,000 will die from the serious blood infection that can trigger a life-threatening chain reaction throughout the entire body.

23 Jan 2024

What’s indoor air quality like in long-term care facilities during wildfires? Worse than you’d think.

Every year, wildfires across the western U.S. and Canada send plumes of smoke into the sky. When that smoke blows into southwestern Idaho’s Treasure Valley, it blankets Boise-area residents in dirty air.

23 Jan 2024

Revolutionary bio-sponge halts bleeding instantly

More than 11 million people in the United States take anticoagulation or antiplatelet medications, such as heparin or aspirin, to treat serious conditions like heart attack and stroke.

22 Jan 2024

Moffitt researchers develop novel reagent for efficient synthesis of sulfur-containing drug candidates

During the past decade, there has been significant development of new sulfur containing compounds that are used in various industries, including pharmaceuticals and agricultural products.

22 Jan 2024

Thinning brain tissue predicts dementia up to a decade before symptoms

A ribbon of brain tissue called cortical gray matter grows thinner in people who go on to develop dementia, and this appears to be an accurate biomarker of the disease five to 10 years before symptoms appear, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) reported.

22 Jan 2024

Study explores social and economic factors linked to withdrawal of life support after intracerebral hemorrhage

Living in a high-income neighborhood, having private health insurance, and being older are tied to an increased likelihood that life support will be withdrawn for people who have suffered severe bleeding in the brain, a new study shows.

18 Jan 2024

‘Emergency’ or not, covid is still killing people. Here’s what doctors advise to stay safe.

With around 20,000 people dying of covid in the United States since the start of October, and tens of thousands more abroad, the covid pandemic clearly isn't over.

18 Jan 2024

Decoding blood cancer secrets to optimize CAR T therapy

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, or CAR T, has dramatically improved the treatment of certain blood cancers. Initially approved for patients who had failed multiple lines of therapy, clinical trials have shown CAR T can be used as an earlier treatment option.

17 Jan 2024

Phase 3 trial shows acoramidis safe and effective for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy

Pumping over 100,000 times a day, the heart is a critical muscle needed to deliver oxygen and nutrients to our organs to sustain healthy bodily function.

16 Jan 2024

AI shows the same accuracy as a cardiologist in detecting rheumatic heart disease

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to detect rheumatic heart disease (RHD) with the same accuracy as a cardiologist, according to new research demonstrating how sophisticated deep learning technology can be applied to this disease of inequity.

16 Jan 2024

FDA-approved drug may help to decrease pain after surgery, study finds

Researchers in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have found that an FDA-approved drug may help to decrease pain after surgery.

12 Jan 2024

Cedars-Sinai pioneers method to identify dementia patients for better care

Cedars-Sinai investigators are using electronic health records to identify hospitalized patients likely to have dementia.

12 Jan 2024

Study reports a prominent increase in substance use and cardiovascular disease‐related mortality in the United States between 1999 and 2019

Researchers evaluated trends in substance use and cardiovascular disease-related mortality in the United States using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

12 Jan 2024

UK's maternal mortality rate hits 20-year high

The latest set of data presented by the MBRRACE-UK Collaboration investigation into maternal deaths in the UK shows that the mortality rate for women who died during or soon after pregnancy has increased to levels not seen since 2003-05.

11 Jan 2024

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

Deep learning model COMPOSER enhances early sepsis detection and patient survival

Study lays the groundwork for improving end-of-life care

Researchers secure $1.5 million grant to eliminate barriers from cervical cancer prevention

Ultrasound method helps identify pregnant women at risk for preterm birth

More than half of Americans uninformed as heart disease claims top spot again

New European research and innovation project launched to study healthy aging

AI model identifies sepsis patients before symptoms appear

What’s indoor air quality like in long-term care facilities during wildfires? Worse than you’d think.

Revolutionary bio-sponge halts bleeding instantly

Moffitt researchers develop novel reagent for efficient synthesis of sulfur-containing drug candidates

Thinning brain tissue predicts dementia up to a decade before symptoms

Study explores social and economic factors linked to withdrawal of life support after intracerebral hemorrhage

‘Emergency’ or not, covid is still killing people. Here’s what doctors advise to stay safe.

Decoding blood cancer secrets to optimize CAR T therapy

Phase 3 trial shows acoramidis safe and effective for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy

AI shows the same accuracy as a cardiologist in detecting rheumatic heart disease

FDA-approved drug may help to decrease pain after surgery, study finds

Cedars-Sinai pioneers method to identify dementia patients for better care

Study reports a prominent increase in substance use and cardiovascular disease‐related mortality in the United States between 1999 and 2019

UK's maternal mortality rate hits 20-year high

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

Nursing News and Research

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

Newsletters you may be interested in