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RFS introduces RF Assure Delivery System for improving birth safety at 2014 AORN national meeting

RF Surgical Systems Inc., the market leader in retained surgical item detection, debuted the RF Assure Delivery System for improving birth safety this week at the 2014 AORN national meeting of perioperative nurses in Chicago. The new system is specifically designed to prevent retained surgical sponges that are used during labor and delivery.

2 Apr 2014

Study: Male-biased sex ratio does not lead to more crime

Conventional wisdom and scientific arguments have claimed that societies with more men than women, such as China, will become more violent, but a University of California, Davis, study has found that a male-biased sex ratio does not lead to more crime.

2 Apr 2014

Stormont-Vail HealthCare partners with Mayo Clinic

Stormont-Vail HealthCare and Mayo Clinic officials announced today that the Topeka-based health system has become a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a national network of like-minded organizations that share a commitment to better serving patients and families.

2 Apr 2014

Study shows important parallels between epidemic of HIV/AIDS and opioid addiction

There are important parallels between the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the current epidemic of opioid addiction - ones that could trigger a significant shift in opioid addiction prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

2 Apr 2014

Interrupting diurnal rhythms impairs healing immediately after heart attack, study shows

To improve recovery for heart attack patients, hospitals should maintain normal day and night cycles for those patients during the first few days after the attack, say University of Guelph researchers.

2 Apr 2014

Mobile phones with tobacco screening guidelines offer cessation counseling

Smartphones and tablets may hold the key to getting more clinicians to screen patients for tobacco use and advise smokers on how to quit. Even though tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the U.S., clinicians often don't ask about smoking during patient exams.

1 Apr 2014

Young adults with cardiac risk factors have worse cognitive function in middle age

Young adults with such cardiac risk factors as high blood pressure and elevated glucose levels have significantly worse cognitive function in middle age, according to a new study by dementia researchers at UC San Francisco.

1 Apr 2014

Retinoic acid helps turn pre-cancer cells back to normal healthy breast cells

A derivative of vitamin A, known as retinoic acid, found abundantly in sweet potato and carrots, helps turn pre-cancer cells back to normal healthy breast cells, according to research published this month in the International Journal of Oncology. The research could help explain why some clinical studies have been unable to see a benefit of vitamin A on cancer: the vitamin doesn't appear to change the course of full-blown cancer, only pre-cancerous cells, and only works at a very narrow dose.

31 Mar 2014

Coventry First commends passage of Kentucky Legislation

The Kentucky legislature unanimously passed landmark legislation to help seniors pay for long term care. The legislation enables seniors to pay for their long term care by selling their life insurance policies for as much as 10 times more than the cash surrender value and applying those proceeds toward their long term care.

31 Mar 2014

Hospital infection rates down, but patients still dying of preventable causes

Hospitals and nursing homes have been trying to cut the facility-acquired infection rates, which has worked better for some conditions than others.

28 Mar 2014

New approach can improve patient outcomes, reduce complications in complex spine surgeries

A new team approach has improved safety-reducing rates of major complications by two thirds-for complex spinal reconstructive surgery for spinal deformity in adult Group Health patients at Virginia Mason Hospital & Seattle Medical Center.

27 Mar 2014

First Edition: March 27, 2014

Today's headlines include more coverage of the emerging details of the Obama administration's decision to allow some consumers to enroll in health coverage after the March 31 deadline.

27 Mar 2014

Experts gather to tackle issues related to increasing inclusivity, diversity in academic nursing

Penn Nursing Science and the Office of Diversity and Cultural Affairs hosted scholastic leaders from across the country on Tuesday to tackle the issues related to increasing inclusivity and diversity in academic nursing.

27 Mar 2014

Study: Depression treatments reduce mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease

Can treating depression in patients with heart failure help them live longer? That's one of the questions that University of Pittsburgh researchers hope to answer with a new five-year, $7.3 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

27 Mar 2014

Teenagers can be persuaded to cut back on sugary soft drinks, shows study

A new study shows that teenagers can be persuaded to cut back on sugary soft drinks - especially with a little help from their friends.

27 Mar 2014

Blood-brain barrier following stoke prevents harmful substances entering brain

Following ischemic stroke, the integrity of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which prevents harmful substances such as inflammatory molecules from entering the brain, can be impaired in cerebral areas distant from initial ischemic insult.

27 Mar 2014

Miriam Hospital ICU attains silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence

The Intensive Care Unit at The Miriam Hospital has attained a silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence from The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. The three-year award recognizes the hospital for its exceptional patient care and improved patient outcomes, and practices that follow the AACN's six Healthy Work Environment Standards.

27 Mar 2014

Virginia Mason's commitment inspires new patient safety measures at hospitals throughout England

Virginia Mason's commitment to safety and quality is helping to inspire new measures aimed at improving patient safety at hospitals throughout England.

26 Mar 2014

UMass Medical School students win 2014 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award

Colin Conine and Emma Watson, PhD students in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, received the 2014 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award for research into the mechanisms governing epigenetic inheritance and the complex interactions between diet, gene expression and physiology.

26 Mar 2014

Study finds effectiveness of brief behavioral and mental health programs in pediatric practices

Brief behavioral and mental health programs for children can be effectively provided within pediatric practices as an alternative to being referred to a community specialist, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences researchers found in a National Institutes of Health-funded randomized trial.

26 Mar 2014

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

RFS introduces RF Assure Delivery System for improving birth safety at 2014 AORN national meeting

Study: Male-biased sex ratio does not lead to more crime

Stormont-Vail HealthCare partners with Mayo Clinic

Study shows important parallels between epidemic of HIV/AIDS and opioid addiction

Interrupting diurnal rhythms impairs healing immediately after heart attack, study shows

Mobile phones with tobacco screening guidelines offer cessation counseling

Young adults with cardiac risk factors have worse cognitive function in middle age

Retinoic acid helps turn pre-cancer cells back to normal healthy breast cells

Coventry First commends passage of Kentucky Legislation

Hospital infection rates down, but patients still dying of preventable causes

New approach can improve patient outcomes, reduce complications in complex spine surgeries

First Edition: March 27, 2014

Experts gather to tackle issues related to increasing inclusivity, diversity in academic nursing

Study: Depression treatments reduce mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease

Teenagers can be persuaded to cut back on sugary soft drinks, shows study

Blood-brain barrier following stoke prevents harmful substances entering brain

Miriam Hospital ICU attains silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence

Virginia Mason's commitment inspires new patient safety measures at hospitals throughout England

UMass Medical School students win 2014 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award

Study finds effectiveness of brief behavioral and mental health programs in pediatric practices

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