Alzheimer's disease center seeks patients for new drug studies
... of Alzheimer's symptoms, said psychiatry research nurse administrator Doris Svetlik. The most common symptoms of the disease are memory loss, confusion, difficulty in finding the correct words for articulate conversation, difficulty recalling names and repetition of previous conversation. Researchers at ...Mammography Messages Need To Be Tailored For Older Women
...y screening, she notes.Although having a doctor or nurse suggest a mammogram helped,the survey revealed that this advice alone did not spur womento get exams. Surprisingly, women who received care at privatedoctors' offices also were among those less likely to have hadmammograms. Skinner speculates that ...Secondary Prevention Of Heart Disease Should Be Improved
...t. The authors also found that practices which ran nurse led clinics to promote secondary prevention, had healthier patients at the end of their one year study, with less chest pain and a reduction in hospital admissions. Campbell et al conclude that even though there are known benefits to the implementati...Extreme Prematurity Brings Two-Fold Increase In Risk Of Repeating A Grade, Needing Special Education
...dren's Hospital; and Nancy Lyon and Ellen Mahoney, nurse researchers at Children's Hospital.......Alan D. Stiles, associate professors ofpediatrics, nurse practitioner Elizabeth M. Holoman and Dr. Lewis H. Margolis,associate professor of maternal and child health. "There is a lot of pain involved in these extraordinarily hard decisions- personal pain for the family and staff, varying amounts su...Prescription Counseling Necessary For Hospital Patients
...e hospital pharmacistor the nurse may stop by the room to provide some discharge counseling, there often isn't time to get to patientsbefore they leave." According to the research, three out of four formerhospital ...Campaign Targets Oral Complications Of Cancer Treatment
...ecoming severe, said Dr. Deborah McGuire, oncology nurse and associate professor of nursing at Emory University. Information for oncology and oral health professionals details the different roles of each in preventing and managing oral complications. The materials also emphasize the critical importance o...Nurse Practitioners Reducing Costs, Expanding Care
...ice experiencebeyond that required of a registered nurse -- are taking on new roles that putthem on the fro...ool of Nursing."That's where the advanced practice nurse can really make a difference as aprovider -- and the numbers we see indicate that the nation current...Infrared Thermometers A Good Alternative For Use On Newborns
... hesaid. "That adds up if a nurse has to take the temperature of10 or 15 babies several times." While taking axillary temperatures with an infrared thermometer is a viable option for a newborn in a crib,using ...Flu Shots Keep Health Workers On The Job
...and 1994. Each week during the flu season, a study nurse called allparticipants on the telephone, inquired about illnesses during the previousweek, and recorded specific symptoms of respiratory illness and absences fromwork due to illness. Blood specimens were obtained to check for influenzainfection. ...Who Cares For You When You're Ill
ANN ARBOR---The growing presence of nurse practitioners and physician assistantsin medical o... bestways to deliver primary care. The presence of nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and the debatethat surrounds it, is the subject of a new stu...Breast-Feeding Hormone Lowers Nursing Moms' Blood Pressure
... oxytocin to lower blood pressureamong mothers who nurse their babies. The findings help explain why many ...g, Light said. The study suggests that mothers who nurse their infants are much more likely tobe high oxytocin reactors than bottle-feeders, 50 percent vs. 8...Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Nursing Administrator Receives Nursing Excellence Award
...ch 13, recognized LindaBurnes Bolton, a registered nurse who holds a master's degree in nursing as wellas b...public health. Dr. Burnes Boltonstarted as a staff nurse in labor and delivery at Cedars of Lebanon 28 yearsago, in the days before that hospital merged with...Stress And Surgery May Increase Development Of Cancerous Tumors
... naturalkiller cell activity, says a Johns Hopkins nurse researcher. Malignancies and viral infection are in part controlled by the immunesystem's naturalkiller (NK) cells, a sub-population of white blood cells that seek out and killcertain tumor andvirally infected cells. In a study using animal mo......ans, nurses, chiropractors, dentists, pharmacists, nurse practitioners,physician assistants, students, and other health care professionals. The bookcovers all subjects expected in a textbook of internal medicine, as well asdetailed information on pediatrics, geriatrics, gynecology, psychiatry,ophthalmolo......00,000 nurses that found thatthe more overweight a nurse was, the greater her risk of developing asthma inadulthood. Obesity and asthma are both on the rise in developed nations. Anestimated 14.6 million Americans, including 4.8 million children, suffer fromasthma. Between 1982 and 1994, the rate o...Study Reveals Prominent Fears Of School-Age Children
...te. She isnow a pediatric nurse practitioner at the Pediatric Group inTroy, Ohio. The study appears in a recent issue of theJournal of Pediatric Health Care. The 43 girls and 43 boys participating in the st...Circumcisions In Doctors' Offices As Safe As Those In Hospitals
...oanna Burns, a registered nurse at Children's Hospital, and StephenKoff, a professor of surgery at Ohio State. The researchappears in a recent issue of the Journal of Urology. The researchers divided the bo...Growth-Hormone Deficient Babies Are Normal Length At Birth, UB Study Finds
...Miller, a UB medical student, and Barbara J.Shine, nurse specialist....Major Causes Of Early Childhood Death From Injury Identified
... of car safety seats for infants and visiting home nurse programs for young,unmarried mothers. She pointed out, however, that there is also a need todevelop specific intervention strategies for children at particularly high riskof death. "Our study identified groups of infants at increased risk of...