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NHPCO releases report on hospice care in U.S

An estimated 41.6 percent of all people who died in the U.S. last year were under the care of a hospice program, reports the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (up from 38.8 percent in 2008 and 35 percent in 2007).

6 Oct 2010

Elsevier launches new publishing model to enhance publication process

Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, announced today the launch of Article-Based Publishing a new publishing model that publishes articles as final and citable without needing to wait until a journal issue is complete.

6 Oct 2010

UCLA-led consortium receives $9.9M to compare wireless and telephone management after hospitalizations

A UCLA-led consortium of five University of California medical schools, plus Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, has received $9.9 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to research the use of wireless and telephone care management to reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure patients.

6 Oct 2010

Nurses push for bigger role gets powerful ally, Va. tries to retain docs they train

Nurses clamoring for a larger role in providing care for Americans got a powerful ally in the Institute of Medicine Tuesday as the institute released a report empowering nurses.

6 Oct 2010

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center redesignated as Magnet hospital

The Magnet Recognition Program of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has redesignated Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center as a Magnet hospital - one of only 372 hospitals worldwide to achieve this prestigious distinction for excellence in nursing services and patient care.

6 Oct 2010

Elsevier launches new version of BrainNavigator online research tool

Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced a new version of its online research tool BrainNavigator.

6 Oct 2010

SJMHS and IHA announce strategic merger to develop new integrated health network

Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) and IHA, the region's leading physician group practice, both of Ann Arbor, Mich., today announced a strategic merger with the goal of developing a new integrated health network. The merger is expected to be effective on or before December 31, at which time IHA will be a member of SJMHS and will initially serve as the integrated physician enterprise for these St. Joseph Mercy Hospital markets: Washtenaw, Livingston and portions of western Wayne and south western Oakland counties.

6 Oct 2010

Saneron receives grant to develop safety guidelines for transplanting HUBC cells in Alzheimer's disease

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a three-year, $2.6-million grant to the University of South Florida and Tampa-based biotechnology company Saneron-CCEL Therapeutics, Inc., to establish dosing and safety guidelines for transplanting human umbilical cord blood cells (HUBC) into animal models of Alzheimer's disease.

6 Oct 2010

Novel invasive surgery for children with scoliosis may eliminate need for spinal fusion

A novel minimally invasive surgery for young children living with a difficult-to-treat progressive form of scoliosis, known as juvenile idiopathic scoliosis, may eliminate the need for spinal fusion later in adolescence, according to new research by surgeons from Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Mo. The study was presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition in San Francisco.

6 Oct 2010

Nursing staff have 'difficulty' detecting depression and distress in patients: Study

New research from the University of Leicester reveals that nursing staff have 'considerable difficulty' detecting depression and distress in patients.

5 Oct 2010

Telemedicine helps in early diagnosis and treatment of pediatric heart problems

A new study by researchers from Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Mo., found that rapid electronic review of children's heart images by specialists nearly 200 miles away allowed for earlier diagnosis and treatment of potentially serious pediatric heart problems. The study was presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition in San Francisco.

5 Oct 2010

New minimally-invasive surgical technique for esophageal high-grade dysplasia and Barrett's esophagus

Constantine Frantzides M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., Director of the Chicago Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery, staff surgeon and Director of the Laparoscopic Fellowship Program at Saint Francis Hospital, has pioneered a new minimally-invasive surgical technique for the treatment of Barrett's esophagus and high-grade dysplasia.

5 Oct 2010

Study finds 50% increase in ATV-related brain and spinal injuries

Brain and spinal cord injuries related to all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) appear to be increasing, reports a study in the October issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

5 Oct 2010

Merck to appeal against jury verdict in retrial of federal FOSAMAX case

Merck & Co., Inc. today said it will appeal a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that reduced the jury verdict from $8 million to $1.5 million but denied Merck's request for judgment in its favor or a new trial in the case of Boles v. Merck, a retrial of a federal FOSAMAX case.

5 Oct 2010

Elsevier launches new journal on neuroscience

Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of a new journal, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.

5 Oct 2010

NY Times: DEA crackdown means delays for some patients in need of pain meds

The New York Times: Increased scrutiny by the Drug Enforcement Administration may be causing painful delays for patients who need narcotic drugs. "Roland Lorenz has surgical screws in his back and neck and a pin in his upper leg, and when his pain reared up one recent weekend, he knew he needed something strong.

4 Oct 2010

Sunrise Senior Living announces purchase and sale agreements with Ventas

Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. announced today that the Company and certain of its affiliates have entered into purchase and sale agreements with Ventas, Inc. and certain of its affiliates to sell to Ventas all of Sunrise's joint venture interests in nine limited liability companies in the U.S. and two limited partnerships in Canada, which collectively own 58 communities managed by Sunrise.

4 Oct 2010

JASH journal added to MEDLINE collection

Elsevier announces that the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension (JASH) has been selected for inclusion in MEDLINE. MEDLINE is the premier bibliographic database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), containing over 15 million journal article citations, with a concentration on biomedicine.

4 Oct 2010

Merck's boceprevir Phase III studies for HCV to be presented at 61st AASLD

Merck today announced that final results from two pivotal Phase III studies of boceprevir, its investigational oral hepatitis C protease inhibitor, will be presented in oral plenary sessions at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), which is taking place from Oct. 29 through Nov. 2 in Boston. Results for boceprevir in response-guided therapy strategies, which evaluated treatment durations shorter than current standard therapy, will be presented during the meeting.

4 Oct 2010

UofL School of Nursing awarded $792,000 grant to develop nursing informatics education

The University of Louisville School of Nursing has earned a $792,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration to develop nursing informatics education for UofL's undergraduate and graduate nursing students as well as practicing nurses from University of Louisville Hospital.

4 Oct 2010

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

NHPCO releases report on hospice care in U.S

Elsevier launches new publishing model to enhance publication process

UCLA-led consortium receives $9.9M to compare wireless and telephone management after hospitalizations

Nurses push for bigger role gets powerful ally, Va. tries to retain docs they train

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center redesignated as Magnet hospital

Elsevier launches new version of BrainNavigator online research tool

SJMHS and IHA announce strategic merger to develop new integrated health network

Saneron receives grant to develop safety guidelines for transplanting HUBC cells in Alzheimer's disease

Novel invasive surgery for children with scoliosis may eliminate need for spinal fusion

Nursing staff have 'difficulty' detecting depression and distress in patients: Study

Telemedicine helps in early diagnosis and treatment of pediatric heart problems

New minimally-invasive surgical technique for esophageal high-grade dysplasia and Barrett's esophagus

Study finds 50% increase in ATV-related brain and spinal injuries

Merck to appeal against jury verdict in retrial of federal FOSAMAX case

Elsevier launches new journal on neuroscience

NY Times: DEA crackdown means delays for some patients in need of pain meds

Sunrise Senior Living announces purchase and sale agreements with Ventas

JASH journal added to MEDLINE collection

Merck's boceprevir Phase III studies for HCV to be presented at 61st AASLD

UofL School of Nursing awarded $792,000 grant to develop nursing informatics education

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