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PTSD patients with Met-66 allele of BDNF show poorer response to exposure therapy

There is growing evidence that a gene variant that reduces the plasticity of the nervous system also modulates responses to treatments for mood and anxiety disorders. In this case, patients with posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, with a less functional variant of the gene coding for brain-derived neurotrophic factor, responded less well to exposure therapy.

13 Jun 2013

Study: More than 50% of middle-aged women who still have regular period cycles have hot flashes

More than half of middle-aged women who still have regular cycles have hot flashes. Asian and Hispanic women are less likely to have them than white women, but compared with previous studies, the figures are surprisingly high, showed a survey of some 1,500 women published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).

12 Jun 2013

Ireland's first functional brain mapping facility to be set up at University of Ulster's Magee campus

The first functional brain mapping facility on the island of Ireland is to be established at the University of Ulster's Magee campus.

12 Jun 2013

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital earns top ranking

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital ranks among the nation's best children's hospitals in nine specialties and is one of the top-ranked centers in California, according to the 2013-14 Best Children's Hospitals survey conducted by the U.S. News Media Group.

12 Jun 2013

Diabetes may increase risk for developing Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia

A 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.

12 Jun 2013

Integrating exercise into cancer follow-up care can improve recovery, say Miriam Hospital researchers

Telephone-based counseling, when combined with physician advice, can help breast cancer survivors become more physically active, which can improve quality of life and lessen the side effects of cancer treatment, according to new research from The Miriam Hospital.

12 Jun 2013

Mayo Clinic suggests five simple steps to improve health care quality

Instead of wondering what your doctor wrote in your patient record after a visit, ask him or her to read back the notes to ensure accuracy. It's one of five simple steps Mayo Clinic suggests doctors and patients take to improve health care quality.

12 Jun 2013

Two studies shed light on joint replacement outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Two new studies by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have shed light on joint replacement outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. One study overturns the common belief that RA patients have worse outcomes after a total knee replacement than patients who undergo the operation for osteoarthritis. The other study demonstrates that RA patients who undergo a total hip replacement were as likely to have significant improvements in function and pain as patients with osteoarthritis, even though they did not do as well.

12 Jun 2013

Research could lead to new ways to combat chlamydia

A protein secreted by the chlamydia bug has a very unusual structure, according to scientists in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. The discovery of the protein's shape could lead to novel strategies for diagnosing and treating chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease that infects an estimated 2.8 million people in the U.S. each year.

12 Jun 2013

Researchers to develop online tool to ease health care management for dementia patients and caregivers

Dementia often claims two victims: The patient and the caregiver. That's because caring for people with dementia requires close supervision and constant care, which can place a caregiver's psychological, physical and financial health at risk.

12 Jun 2013

Growth patterns in 2 months old infants help predict child's weight by age 5

Infants as young as two months old already exhibit growth patterns that can predict the child's weight by age 5, according to researchers at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and Tennessee State University.

11 Jun 2013

U-M, Johns Hopkins researchers receive $1.7M grant to design web-based tool for dementia

Aside from memory loss and cognitive impairments, often the most difficult aspect of caring for people with dementia is treating their disruptive changes in behavior.

11 Jun 2013

Columbia psychiatry researchers suggest possible approaches to treat or prevent OCD

Columbia Psychiatry researchers have identified what they think may be a mechanism underlying the development of compulsive behaviors. The finding suggests possible approaches to treating or preventing certain characteristics of OCD.

11 Jun 2013

ECG in your mobile!

A research scientist working at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a user-friendly smart phone application that allows consumers to take an electrocardiogram (ECG) in the comfort of their own homes.

11 Jun 2013

Director of Sinai's Diabetes Resource Center receives Compassionate Doctor of 2012 Award

Sally M. Pinkstaff, M.D., Ph.D., the director of the Diabetes Resource Center at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and a member of the Division of Endocrinology in the Department of Medicine at Sinai, has been honored with a Compassionate Doctor of 2012 Award.

10 Jun 2013

SUNY Downstate to receive grant to advance blood test to predict breast cancer progression

SUNY Downstate Medical Center will receive up to $50,000 from the statewide SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund to advance a blood test to determine breast cancer prognosis.

10 Jun 2013

National Research Council proposes priorities for research on gun-related violence in US

A new report from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council proposes priorities for a research agenda to improve understanding of the public health aspects of gun-related violence, including its causes, health burden, and possible interventions.

7 Jun 2013

New fellows and scholars of gerontological nursing receive awards from NHCGNE

The National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) today announced $1,332,000 in awards to the latest cohort of Claire M. Fagin Fellows and Patricia G. Archbold Scholars studying gerontological nursing in academic settings across the U.S.

7 Jun 2013

Social networks are tools to fight against infectious diseases in wild chimpanzees

Many think of social networks in terms of Facebook friends and Twitter followers, but for recent University of Georgia doctoral graduate Julie Rushmore, social networks are tools in the fight against infectious diseases.

6 Jun 2013

Employing more specialist nurses is linked to measurable benefits to patients

Patients battling cancer have a better experience of care at hospitals that employ more cancer specialist nurses.

6 Jun 2013

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

PTSD patients with Met-66 allele of BDNF show poorer response to exposure therapy

Study: More than 50% of middle-aged women who still have regular period cycles have hot flashes

Ireland's first functional brain mapping facility to be set up at University of Ulster's Magee campus

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital earns top ranking

Diabetes may increase risk for developing Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia

Integrating exercise into cancer follow-up care can improve recovery, say Miriam Hospital researchers

Mayo Clinic suggests five simple steps to improve health care quality

Two studies shed light on joint replacement outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Research could lead to new ways to combat chlamydia

Researchers to develop online tool to ease health care management for dementia patients and caregivers

Growth patterns in 2 months old infants help predict child's weight by age 5

U-M, Johns Hopkins researchers receive $1.7M grant to design web-based tool for dementia

Columbia psychiatry researchers suggest possible approaches to treat or prevent OCD

ECG in your mobile!

Director of Sinai's Diabetes Resource Center receives Compassionate Doctor of 2012 Award

SUNY Downstate to receive grant to advance blood test to predict breast cancer progression

National Research Council proposes priorities for research on gun-related violence in US

New fellows and scholars of gerontological nursing receive awards from NHCGNE

Social networks are tools to fight against infectious diseases in wild chimpanzees

Employing more specialist nurses is linked to measurable benefits to patients

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