The National Minority AIDS Council launched its new Youth Initiative to END the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in America. HIV disproportionately impacts America’s young people, especially young gay and bisexual men of color. Approximately 25% of all new infections occur in youth and between 2007 and 2010, there was a 22% increase among gay men aged 13–24. [...]
Archive for the ‘Long Term Care’ Category
NMAC Launches Youth Initiative to End HIV/AIDS
June 11th, 2013 
John BuckAssociation Between Hypoglycemia, Dementia in Older Adults With Diabetes
June 11th, 2013 John BuckA study of older adults with diabetes mellitus (DM) suggests a bidirectional association between hypoglycemic (low blood glucose) events and dementia, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. There is a growing body of evidence that DM may increase the risk for developing cognitive impairment, including Alzheimer [...]
New Nutrition Care Model to Improve Patient Outcomes Released
June 10th, 2013 John Buck
The Alliance to Advance Patient Nutrition (the Alliance), an interdisciplinary partnership of five prestigious organizations formed to improve patient outcomes through nutrition intervention, released its recommended Nutrition Care Model. Presented in a joint consensus paper published online in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the MEDSURG Nursing Journal, the model offers practical ways [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Colleagues, Community Health, Family/General Practice, Featured, Home Care, Long Term Care, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Ortho/Rehab, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Speech/Language/Hearing, Women's Health 
Tags: Alliance to Advance Patient Nutrition, ASPEN, Dietetics, Malnutrition, MEDSURG, Nutritional Care Model 
No Comments »Dogs Help Vets with PTSD
June 6th, 2013 John BuckAfter almost eight years and three tours of duty in the Navy, Melissa Ramirez returned to Southern California a different person. One of many service members diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, Ramirez had to retire from the military. It wasn’t until February, when she was paired with a black English Labrador retriever named Gunner [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Community Health, Family/General Practice, Long Term Care, Mental Health, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Ortho/Rehab, Physician Assistant, Speech/Language/Hearing Tags: Freedom Dogs, Mental Health, Military, PTSD, Veterans No Comments »Quitting Smoking: Medications Are Effective
June 3rd, 2013 John Buck
Nicotine replacement therapy and other licensed drugs can help people quit smoking, according to a new systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. The study, which is an overview of previous Cochrane reviews, supports the use of the smoking cessation medications that are already widely licensed internationally, and shows that another drug licensed in Russia [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Colleagues, Community Health, Family/General Practice, Featured, Home Care, Long Term Care, Mental Health, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Tags: Cessation, Chantix, Cochrane, Smoking, verenicline No Comments »
