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Exercise Can Now Be Prescribed Like Medicine For People Wtih And Beyond Cancer
It’s well known that exercise is good for preventing and treating many forms of heart disease, but less commonly known are the benefits of physical activity for people living ...Full Article
AACN Grants Support Clinical Research To Influence High-Acuity And Critical Care Nursing Practice
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) announces the recipients of its annual research grants. Clinicians and researchers are invited to submit projects by No...Full Article
New Study May Have The Reason Why Heart Medication Gives Muscle Pain
A study from McMaster University has found a potential mechanism explaining why some people who take drugs to lower their cholesterol develop sore, aching muscles. The use of...Full Article
Painless Tape Strips Used To Detect Molecular Changes In Skin Of Children With Eczema
In a study using non-invasive tape strips in young children with eczema (or atopic dermatitis), researchers found many molecular signs of immune dysfunction and skin changes t...Full Article
Opioid Rx Dosages Drop With State Law Changes
The total amount of opioids dispensed per new opioid prescription decreased by 22 percent in Penn Medicine outpatient practices in New Jersey after the state passed a law limi...Full Article
Physics Professors Patent Device That Could Revolutionize Diabetes Management
When Furman Professor of Physics Bill Baker was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2003, it served as an initiation into a painful club. “The first thing you have to deal with...Full Article
Protecting The Most Vulnerable Patients During Anesthesia
Pediatric anesthesiologists, like Dr. Guelay Bilen-Rosas at UW Health, have long been concerned by how difficult it is to detect breathing problems among young patients during...Full Article
OADN Joins With The Daisy Foundation To Honor Nurse Faculty, A Call To Action
The Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) is pleased to collaborate with The DAISY Foundation to issue a National Call for Nurse Faculty Recognition to honor nursin...Full Article
Flu Season Returns: Protect Yourself Now
Cases of the flu are already on the rise around the nation as flu season begins. Johns Hopkins Medicine experts say now is the time to fight against the flu as the number of p...Full Article
New Test Diagnoses Lyme Disease Within 15 Minutes
Some 300,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with Lyme disease every year. Caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted by the bite of infected Ixodes ticks, the disease if...Full Article
While There’s No Cure For Osteoarthritis, Its Symptoms Can Be Managed
Osteoarthritis can’t be ignored. On a grand scale, it is the most common form of arthritis (which actually isn’t a specific disease but rather a general term for inflammation...Full Article
Walls Of Art Tell The Story Of UCLA School Of Nursing
When you enter the UCLA School of Nursing lobby, your attention is quickly drawn to three beautiful paintings adorning the walls. One depicts a small woman shaking hands with ...Full Article
Vaccine Against RSV Could Be In Sight, Researchers Say
A vaccine for the common and sometimes deadly RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) has been elusive, but scientists say a new discovery puts them much closer to success. A new s...Full Article
The Threat Of Multidrug Resistance: One Step Toward Unraveling The Rise Of Superbacteria
Multidrug-resistant bacteria limit the effectiveness of antibiotics, and to stop these "superbacteria," we need to understand how their resistance works. Thanks to the concert...Full Article
Opinion: Son's 'Coming Out' Inspires Doctor To Focus On LGBTQ Care
Six years ago, the wheels of change started spinning in my home when my ninth grader said he identified as transgender. As his father, the most important thing for me to do wa...Full Article
Pharmacists Provide Patient Value In Team-Based Care
With inhaler in hand, Dr. Cheng Yuet went over every detail to make sure the patient understood how the drug would control their COPD symptoms. "Use it every day, whether you...Full Article
Psychedelic Drug To Be Tested For Treatment-Resistant Depression In Houston
Psilocybin, a psychedelic drug believed to help rewire the brain, is now being studied to relieve treatment-resistant depression at The University of Texas Health Science Cent...Full Article
Researchers To Study Medical Cannabis And Chronic Pain
A team of researchers at the University of Georgia will study how legalized medical cannabis affects people living with chronic pain. To date, 34 states and the District of C...Full Article
Initiating Breastfeeding In Vulnerable Infants
The benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and child are well-recognized, including for late preterm infants (LPI). But because LPI do not have fully developed brains, they...Full Article
3D Mammograms: Are They Worth It?
If it's October, it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, when pink ribbons sprout up on everything from suit lapels to yogurt containers, reminding women to turn their attention t...Full Article
Managing Your Child's Asthma In The Fall: What Parents Should Know
Allergies and other environmental factors can make asthma harder to manage when the season changes to fall. It's especially challenging for kids, in part because they have sm...Full Article
How Effective Is Body Cooling In Patients That Experience Cardiac Arrest?
While body temperature cooling is not a new treatment tactic for patients who experience cardiac arrest, a new clinical trial hopes to better understand the optimal amount of ...Full Article
Will New CDC Measures Work To Control Nursing Home Infections?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than two million people are infected with antibiotic-resistant organisms, resulting in approximately 23,000 ...Full Article
World MRSA Day - The Ongoing Global MRSA Epidemic
"MRSA must immediately become a top political priority- people are dying and suffering needlessly," states Jeanine Thomas, founder of World MRSA Day and MRSA Survivors Network...Full Article
Physical Activity And Good Fitness Improve Cardiac Regulation In Children
A recent Finnish study showed that more physically active and fit children have better cardiac regulation than less active and fit children. The study also showed that cardiac...Full Article
