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A catch-22 trips up some in legal guardianship who try to regain independence

Ten years ago, Nicholas Clouse was riding shotgun in his friend's Camaro when the car jerked and he felt himself flying through the air. Clouse's head slammed against the passenger-side window.

7 Jan 2022

Switching to smokeless tobacco associated with lower cardiovascular disease risk in smokers

Regular smokers are at heightened risk of developing cardiovascular disease, but crushing the butts in favor of a "smokeless" alternative like chewing tobacco, snuff or tobacco lozenges may go a long way toward bringing the danger down to a more normal level, a new UCLA-led study shows.

6 Jan 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Contagion confusion

The covid-19 pandemic is now entering its third year, and the ever-evolving health advice to combat an ever-evolving virus is leaving Americans more cranky and confused than ever.

6 Jan 2022

A new paradigm is needed: Top experts question the value of advance care planning

For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life wishes before becoming terminally ill — living wills, do-not-resuscitate orders, and other written materials expressing treatment preferences.

6 Jan 2022

Researchers set out to determine the brain and gravity’s effect on eyesight

Colonizing Mars is no longer solely the work of science fiction but a potential future option for people who desire to live among the weightless. For headline grabbers like Jeff Bezos, NASA and Elon Musk, space colonization -; or space settlement, a preferred term recommended by Bill Nye -; is a big goal for the 21st century.

6 Jan 2022

Mental health conservatorships led to lengthy inpatient stays among homeless people with mental illness

At a time when public and private agencies and the legal system are grappling with how to best assist people who live at the intersection of homelessness and mental illness during a global pandemic, UCLA researchers have found mental health conservatorships for people with disabling, severe mental illness who are also homeless can result in lengthy psychiatric hospitalizations.

6 Jan 2022

Addition of wound care nurse to prone-positioning team reduces the odds of pressure injuries in patients

The addition of a certified wound and skin care nurse to a multiprofessional prone-positioning team at Penn Medicine Princeton Health significantly reduced the odds of patients with COVID-19 developing pressure injuries, according to a study published in American Journal of Critical Care.

5 Jan 2022

New gene therapy addresses primary cellular deficit associated with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B

Children's National Hospital experts developed a new pre-clinical gene therapy for a rare disorder, known as limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) 2B, that addresses the primary cellular deficit associated with this disease.

4 Jan 2022

Birth during the pandemic associated with slightly lower scores in infants' motor and social skills

Columbia researchers found that babies born during the pandemic's first year scored lower on a developmental screening test of social and motor skills at 6 months-;regardless of whether their mothers had COVID during pregnancy-;compared to babies born just before the pandemic.

4 Jan 2022

Prescription drug misuse later in life linked to increased odds of substance use disorder

Nearly half of people in a large U.S. study reported misusing prescription drugs between ages 18-50, which made them more likely to develop substance use disorder symptoms as adults--especially those whose misuse peaked later in life.

4 Jan 2022

As covid hits nursing homes’ finances, town residents fight to save Alzheimer’s facility

Marvin Querry, 86, was on his tractor, planting rye on his 770-acre western Missouri farm, when the call came in early November.

4 Jan 2022

Minimal nAb titers against Omicron in the elderly after 3rd dose

Researchers measured titers of cross-protective neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 after they had received a third booster dose.

3 Jan 2022

Excessive intake of simple sugar in adolescents could be a risk factor of psychiatric disorders

There has been a remarkable increase in intake of simple sugar (sucrose, isomerized sugar (corn syrup)) from beverages and diets in modern society. The intake of simple sugars in adolescents in which mental disorders frequently occur is higher than any other generations.

28 Dec 2021

Changes to the health and care visa could boost the recruitment of social care workers

Thousands of additional care workers could be recruited to boost the adult social care workforce following temporary changes to the health and care visa to make social care workers, care assistants and home care workers eligible for a 12-month period.

26 Dec 2021

Study hints subtle differences in the quality of immune response based on COVID-19 severity

Infection-fighting B cells retain better memory of the coronavirus spike protein in University Hospital patients who recover from less-severe cases of COVID-19 than in those recovering from severe COVID-19, a new study suggests.

24 Dec 2021

Single-patient pilot study shows the ability of antisense oligonucleotide to suppress mutant ALS gene

Using a short, synthetic chain of chemically modified nucleotides engineered in the RNA Therapeutics Institute at UMass Chan Medical School, Robert H. Brown Jr., DPhil, MD, Jonathan Watts, PhD, and colleagues have shown the ability to suppress mutant forms of an ALS gene known as C9ORF72 in a single-patient pilot study.

24 Dec 2021

Incarcerated Black individuals experience higher mortality rates, study shows

A new study led by researchers at Boston Medical Center shows that Black individuals who were incarcerated experience higher mortality rates post-incarceration compared to non-Hispanic non-Black individuals who were incarcerated.

23 Dec 2021

Nursing homes bleed staff as amazon lures low-wage workers with prime packages

The sleek corporate offices of one of Amazon's air freight contractors looms over Villaspring of Erlanger, a stately nursing home perched on a hillside in this Cincinnati suburb.

23 Dec 2021

As patients fell ill with covid inside hospitals, government oversight fell short

One by one, the nurses taking care of actress Judi Evans at Riverside Community Hospital kept calling out sick.

23 Dec 2021

Scientists develop a detailed epidemiological model for the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes

Researchers from TU Graz and Complexity Science Hub (CSH) Vienna have developed a detailed epidemiological model for the spread of the coronavirus in nursing homes. This enables optimal prevention strategies to be identified, as practical experience in Caritas nursing homes has shown.

22 Dec 2021

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

A catch-22 trips up some in legal guardianship who try to regain independence

Switching to smokeless tobacco associated with lower cardiovascular disease risk in smokers

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Contagion confusion

A new paradigm is needed: Top experts question the value of advance care planning

Researchers set out to determine the brain and gravity’s effect on eyesight

Mental health conservatorships led to lengthy inpatient stays among homeless people with mental illness

Addition of wound care nurse to prone-positioning team reduces the odds of pressure injuries in patients

New gene therapy addresses primary cellular deficit associated with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B

Birth during the pandemic associated with slightly lower scores in infants' motor and social skills

Prescription drug misuse later in life linked to increased odds of substance use disorder

As covid hits nursing homes’ finances, town residents fight to save Alzheimer’s facility

Minimal nAb titers against Omicron in the elderly after 3rd dose

Excessive intake of simple sugar in adolescents could be a risk factor of psychiatric disorders

Changes to the health and care visa could boost the recruitment of social care workers

Study hints subtle differences in the quality of immune response based on COVID-19 severity

Single-patient pilot study shows the ability of antisense oligonucleotide to suppress mutant ALS gene

Incarcerated Black individuals experience higher mortality rates, study shows

Nursing homes bleed staff as amazon lures low-wage workers with prime packages

As patients fell ill with covid inside hospitals, government oversight fell short

Scientists develop a detailed epidemiological model for the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes

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