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Economic Incentives Increase Blood Donation without Negative Consequences

Can economic incentives such as gift cards, T-shirts, and time off from work motivate members of the public to increase their donations of blood? A team of researchers includ... Full Article

Laws To Lower Alcohol Limits Mean Lower Fatalities
The National Transportation Safety Board NTSB) is proposing that the legal limit for a driver’s blood-alcohol content be reduced from 0.08 to 0.05, but and that may not be far... Full Article

Discovery of Origins of a Unique Form of Asthma May Lead to a Precision Medicine Approach to Treatment
Little is known about why asthma develops, how it constricts the airway or why response to treatments varies between patients. Now, a team of researchers at Weill Cornell Medi... Full Article

Adenoid-Tonsil Surgery Improves Outcomes for Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Children with obstructive sleep apnea who had a common surgery to remove their adenoids and tonsils showed notable improvements in behavior, quality of life and other symptoms... Full Article

The Compound in the Mediterranean Diet that Makes Cancer Cells ‘Mortal’
New research suggests that a compound abundant in the Mediterranean diet takes away cancer cells’ “superpower” to escape death. By altering a very specific step in gene regul... Full Article

COPD Over-Diagnosed Among Uninsured Patients
More than 40% of patients being treated for COPD at a federally funded clinic did not have the disease, researchers found after evaluating the patients with spirometry, the di... Full Article

Educating Children and Parents Key to Preventing Dog Bites
The Emergency Department at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego treats an average of five dog bites per week. And we hear the same story all too often from perplexed parents: “... Full Article

PhD Graduates Join Pipeline of Nurses Prepared to Fill Faculty Positions in the Garden State
After four years of innovation in response to New Jersey’s nurse faculty shortage, the New Jersey Nursing Initiative (NJNI) will reach a milestone during the spring graduation... Full Article

Less Sleep Associated With Increased Risk of Crashes for Young Drivers
A study by Alexandra L. C. Martiniuk, MSc, PhD, of The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia, and colleagues suggests less sleep per night is associated with a... Full Article

Leading Explanations for Whooping Cough's Resurgence Don't Stand Up to Scrutiny
Whooping cough has exploded in the United States and some other developed countries in recent decades, and many experts suspect ineffective childhood vaccines for the alarming... Full Article

Women with Severe Injuries Are Less Likely than Men to Be Treated in a Trauma Center
Women are less likely than men to receive care in a trauma center after severe injury, according to a new study of almost 100,000 Canadian patients. “Gender-based disparities... Full Article

72% of Pregnant Women Experience Constipation and Other Bowel Problems
Nearly three out of four pregnant women experience constipation, diarrhea or other bowel disorders during their pregnancies, a Loyola University Medical Center study has found... Full Article

Teens Experience Both Sides of Dating Violence
Teens in a relationship that involves dating violence are likely to be both a victim and perpetrator, as opposed to being just one or the other, finds a recent study in the Jo... Full Article

Predominately Black Hospitals Provide Poor Trauma Care
Victims of trauma are at higher risk of either dying or suffering a major complication if they are treated at a hospital that serves a large population of black patients, find... Full Article

African American Students Drink More Soda When Available at School
The availability of sugar-sweetened or diet soda in schools does not appear to be related to students’ overall consumption, except for African-American students, who drink mor... Full Article

Cancer Diagnosis Puts People at Greater Risk for Bankruptcy
People diagnosed with cancer are more than two-and-a-half times more likely to declare bankruptcy than those without cancer, according to a new study from Fred Hutchinson Canc... Full Article

Passenger Car Drivers Are More Likely to Die in Crashes with SUVs, Regardless of Crash Safety Ratings
Most consumers who are shopping for a new car depend on good crash safety ratings as an indicator of how well the car will perform in a crash. But a new University at Buffalo ... Full Article

Severe Case of the Cutes Cures Stress at Hopkins Nursing
Just add dogs. It turns out that’s a fairly easy recipe for taking a bit of the stress out of the room, one that Caitanya Min, Trad ’13, of the Johns Hopkins University School... Full Article

Preschoolers Affected by Medication-Related Poisonings at an Alarming Rate
Poisonings in young children have increased over the past decade, mainly due to medications in the home. A new study led by the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Childr... Full Article

Tavenner Confirmed as CMS Administrator
Marilyn Tavenner was easily confirmed by the Senate Wednesday to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The 91-7 vote makes Tavenner the first confirmed CMS l... Full Article

What Impacts Whether African Americans Call 9-1-1 Immediately for Stroke Symptoms?
African-Americans know the signs of stroke, but concerns about medical cost, ambulance response time and unfamiliarity with the need for prompt hospital care impacted whether ... Full Article

College of Nursing Receives Community Grant to Engage Local Residents in Health and Wellness “One Street at a Time”
The Ohio State University College of Nursing and Making a Difference, Inc. have teamed up to win a $60,000 dollar grant from The Ohio State University Office of Outreach and E... Full Article

Women with Chronic Physical Disabilities are No Less Likely to Bear Children
Like the general public, healthcare professionals may hold certain stereotypes regarding sexual activity and childbearing among women with disabilities. But a new study finds ... Full Article

Loyola Names Nurse of the Year
Joyce Despe, RN, was named Loyola University Health System’s Fanchon Knight Nurse of the Year during its annual Nursing Excellence Award Ceremony on May 8. Despe is a nurse on... Full Article

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