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U of U Health receives grant to support early-career scientists in family caregiving and their research

Nearly two years after COVID-19 was first reported in the United States, the ripple effects of the pandemic are disrupting biomedical research, particularly among young scientists who are reconsidering their career choices as they try to cope with expanded family caregiving responsibilities due to the disease.

17 Nov 2021

Excess mortality reveals infection speed in COVID-19 is low with seasonal infection patterns and escape variants

Researchers from the University of Wurzburg in Germany have been attempting to create a new method for determining the R0 using excess mortality data.

17 Nov 2021

Researchers develop assessment tool to identify pain in nursing home residents with dementia

We know very little about the incidence of pain among the elderly in nursing homes. In Norway, no requirement is in place for pain to be assessed before or during nursing home admission, nor once a person has been admitted.

16 Nov 2021

Enhanced recovery programs improve oncologic surgical care

The increased focus on helping surgical oncology patients recover from surgery sooner and more completely has implications beyond the operating room.

16 Nov 2021

New guidebook provides a roadmap for navigating the challenges in telehealth

The Foundation for Research Development at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has partnered with The Stationery Office, a British publishing company, to develop a new guidebook titled TSIM: The Telehealth Framework.

15 Nov 2021

Racial or ethnic group of patients with diabetes influences prognosis of the disease

Professor and researcher of the Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry of the UV, Yasmín Ezzatvar, together with researchers from other centers, concludes that the racial or ethnic group of patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus influences the prognosis of the disease, due to differences in mortality, risk of kidney disease or risk of cardiovascular disease.

15 Nov 2021

Vaccination protects against COVID-19 related hospitalization in patients with and without comorbidity

Researchers from University Medical Centre Utrecht have been investigating the efficiency of vaccines against the alpha variant in the Netherlands.

15 Nov 2021

Study provides a new target for therapeutic intervention in Parkinson's disease

In an unexpected discovery, Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have identified what appears to be a significant vascular defect in patients with moderately severe Parkinson's disease.

14 Nov 2021

Johns Hopkins receives $20 million grant to develop technologies for healthy aging

Johns Hopkins has received a $20 million grant from the National Institute on Aging that will spur the development of artificial intelligence devices (AI) to improve the health of older adults and help them live independently for longer — a relatively untapped use of this technology.

11 Nov 2021

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Why health care is so expensive, chapter $22K

Congress appears to be making progress on its huge social spending bill, but even if it passes the House as planned the week of Nov. 15, it's unlikely it can get through the Senate before the Thanksgiving deadline that Democrats set for themselves.

11 Nov 2021

Older women with sarcopenia less likely to experience hot flashes

The loss of muscle mass is a natural part of aging. Older women with sarcopenia (age-related loss of muscle mass and function) are at an increased risk of reduced mobility, diminished quality of life, heart disease, and fall-related injuries.

10 Nov 2021

HSS study provides insight into real-world medication use for treatment of psoriatic arthritis

Despite clear directives outlined in the updated guidelines published by the American College of Rheumatology/National Psoriasis Foundation (ACR/NPF) in 2018, there is limited data regarding medication use in real-world clinical practice and patient medication preferences for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

9 Nov 2021

Study examines factors associated with breastfeeding disparities among Black women

As Black women continue to have the lowest breastfeeding initiation and duration rates in the United States, researchers examined factors associated with breastfeeding disparities and inequities through the lens of critical race theory and the social-ecological model in a new Perspective in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier.

8 Nov 2021

Risk factors for "long-haul" COVID in people with rheumatic diseases identified

A new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City demonstrates over half of patients with rheumatic diseases who contracted COVID-19 during the pandemic and completed a COVID-19 survey, experienced so-called "long-haul" COVID, or prolonged symptoms of the infection, including loss of taste or smell, muscle aches and difficulty concentrating, for one month or longer.

7 Nov 2021

Global effort focuses on developing better methods to quantify joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Crowdsourcing has become an increasingly popular way to develop machine learning algorithms to address many clinical problems in a variety of illnesses.

7 Nov 2021

School-based screening can help tackle depression in youth

Students who participated in universal school-based depression screening were twice as likely to begin treatment compared to their peers who did not receive this screening, according to a new study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

6 Nov 2021

Electronic dating violence increases in preadolescence but curves as teens reach adulthood

Electronic dating violence—including electronic harassment, coercion and monitoring—starts increasing in preadolescence but curves as teens reach young adulthood, according to a new University of Michigan study.

6 Nov 2021

‘Covid hit us over the head with a two-by-four’: Addressing ageism with urgency

Earlier this year, the World Health Organization announced a global campaign to combat ageism — discrimination against older adults that is pervasive and harmful but often unrecognized.

5 Nov 2021

What do we really know about vaccine effectiveness?

The politicization of covid vaccines — and, well, just about everything else having to do with the pandemic — has led to confusion, if not utter fatigue.

2 Nov 2021

Labs with no one to run them: Why public health workers are fleeing the field

There were days, nights and weekends in the early months of the pandemic when Denise Von Bargen was the only person running covid tests at the public health lab in Ventura County. She once had eight or nine employees to assist her, but, one by one, they had all retired or left for other jobs.

2 Nov 2021

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Latest Nursing News and Research

U of U Health receives grant to support early-career scientists in family caregiving and their research

Excess mortality reveals infection speed in COVID-19 is low with seasonal infection patterns and escape variants

Researchers develop assessment tool to identify pain in nursing home residents with dementia

Enhanced recovery programs improve oncologic surgical care

New guidebook provides a roadmap for navigating the challenges in telehealth

Racial or ethnic group of patients with diabetes influences prognosis of the disease

Vaccination protects against COVID-19 related hospitalization in patients with and without comorbidity

Study provides a new target for therapeutic intervention in Parkinson's disease

Johns Hopkins receives $20 million grant to develop technologies for healthy aging

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Why health care is so expensive, chapter $22K

Older women with sarcopenia less likely to experience hot flashes

HSS study provides insight into real-world medication use for treatment of psoriatic arthritis

Study examines factors associated with breastfeeding disparities among Black women

Risk factors for "long-haul" COVID in people with rheumatic diseases identified

Global effort focuses on developing better methods to quantify joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis patients

School-based screening can help tackle depression in youth

Electronic dating violence increases in preadolescence but curves as teens reach adulthood

‘Covid hit us over the head with a two-by-four’: Addressing ageism with urgency

What do we really know about vaccine effectiveness?

Labs with no one to run them: Why public health workers are fleeing the field

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Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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