Organizational traits associated with quality patient care are essential to home care nursing
...raits such as professional autonomy, collaborative relationships with physicians, and access to resources needed to provide quality care, are associated with higher nurse retention and lower in-patient mortality in hospitals. However less is known how these organizational traits support other nursing practices suc...Understanding how vulnerabilities may keep women in abusive relationships
...ing why women stay in and perhaps re-enter abusive relationships with the same partner or different partners," the authors state. Focusing on relational vulnerability (one's beliefs about self and what is normal in an intimate relationship) and situational vulnerability (degree to which the woman is experiencing...Extreme exertion, emotion can spark repeat heart attacks
...atients. Because strong social support and marital relationships promote physical well-being, "My view is that it i...nt for people to maintain good personal and sexual relationships than it is to worry about this small increase in risk," Steptoe says." Emotional distress, along wi...Hospitals may now be more willing to partner up with former adversaries
...hened if they can have more direct and influential relationships with physicians and senior management at the hospital," the authors state. As the primary means by which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services promotes quality health care throughout the country's hospitals, nursing homes, and home care, QIO...Disfigured patients may be forced to forego surgery
...Surgeons president. "We are working to have better relationships with third-party payers to help them have a greater understanding of the difference between reconstructive and cosmetic procedures. Part of this is an education of third-party payers and the other part is educating the public." ASPS offers the mos...Philanthropist Paul F. Glenn launches labs for aging research at Harvard Medical School
...h grants and awards programs and through important relationships with other institutions focused on understanding the molecular biology of aging and mechanisms that govern the pace at which normal individuals experience physiological decline and disease. "As we mark our 40th anniversary, we are very excited to es...Houston meeting kicks off collaboration to advance cancer research
... therapies. The agreement builds upon professional relationships between clinicians and researchers at both institutions and represents another step forward in the global fight to eradicate cancer. The collaboration agreement calls for the establishment of a research program focused on identifying new molecular t...Study finds indoor allergen levels vary, cockroach allergens cause more asthma symptoms
...of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , evaluates the relationships among allergen exposure, sensitivity and asthma morbidity in inner-city children. It is the first study to compare allergen levels and exposure on such a geographically large scale in an inner-city population. "It is known that cockroach allergens pl...Implanted devices detect high-risk heart failure patients
... Additional trials will be needed to tease out the relationships between different patient characteristics, the use of the new technology, and patient outcomes, Gilliam said....Study: Two brain systems regulate how we call for help
... and an increase in prefrontal cortex activity. As relationships become more secure for the people involved, it's likely that changes in amygdala and prefrontal cortex activity may be responsible for the accompanying increase in sharing of intimate feelings." Kalin believes that the degree to which a person may be...Study says rare allergic reactions to drug-eluting stents may raise risk for heart attack
...ion of Cardiology. Dr. Berger disclosed commercial relationships with Bristol Myer Squibb/Sanofi, Cordis-Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Aventis, The Medicines Company, Genentech, and Guilford; Dr. Block, with Cordis-Johnson & Johnson....Acting techniques may help doctors empathize with their patients
...healthcare consumers to seek long-term, continuous relationships with physicians they like. "The better the physician knows you, the easier it is to develop an empathic, healing relationship."...Natural mentors help mold lives of teens, study says
Natural mentoring relationships positively impact teens, but these relationships do not meet all the needs of at-risk youth, according to a study by University of Illinois at Chicag...Promising new strategy for Swedish medical research
...lanning an international initiative to map out the relationships between health, genes and lifestyle. Discussion partners include world-leading researchers from the USA, Britain, Singapore and Norway. The project has the working title "LifeGene". If realised, it could be classed as one of the largest and most comp...NYU Child Study Center receives grant from the American Red Cross September 11 recovery program
...crease energy and confidence, improve parent-child relationships and decrease child distress. In addition, the program will increase the social support for surviving spouses as they manage their family members and, in many cases, introduce new family members. "We know from experience that recovering from any kind...Study associates alcohol use patterns with Body Mass Index
...eslow cautioned against inferring cause-and-effect relationships regarding drinking frequency, quantity and body weight from this study. The study points to the need for prospectively designed studies to determine whether certain drinking patterns constitute risk factors for overweight and obesity....Falling in love in three minutes or less
...le in their choices." Psychology has often viewed relationships as transactions where people select mates based on substantial qualities a mate has to offer, such as power and money. According to Kurzban, the data show that, when people meet face-to-face, things like smoking preferences and bank accounts don't s...Mailman School of Public Health researchers develop infectious disease diagnostic tool
...y is already being evaluated through collaborative relationships with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa, the University of Hong Kong, SAR, the Robert Koch-Institute, Germany, and the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Germany. Funding for the project was received from the ...Rheumatoid arthritis patients at higher risk for unrecognized heart disease and cardiac sudden death
...goal of our research is to disentangle the complex relationships between these two diseases." For this study, Mayo Clinic researchers studied a group of 603 Rochester residents diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis between Jan. 1, 1955 and Jan. 1, 1995 and compared them with 603 Rochester residents of the same ages ...... capitalize on existing partnerships and forge new relationships that resonate throughout the academic communities,...erican Studies program to further develop existing relationships with Native American communities, encourage Native American students to become involved with the cen...