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...lso essential to home care nursing, according to a study conducted by a Rutgers College of Nursing faculty ...settings like home care and district nursing." The study features the results of a survey of home care nurses in the United States and district nurses in New...Fat may promote inflammation, new study suggests
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...nd other cardiovascular ailments in people. "This study suggests that acupuncture can be an excellent comp...n C. Longhurst, director of the Samueli Center and study leader. "The Western world is waiting for a clear scientific basis for using acupuncture, and we hop...Bullying among sixth graders a daily occurrence, UCLA study finds
...e-day period, UCLA researchers report in the first study to examine daily school harassment and the first t...ng that day that they experienced or observed. The study was done at the end of each school day, said Adrienne Nishina, postdoctoral scholar at UCLA's Gradua...Hepatitis C and health-related quality of life
...determine whether patients have benefited from the study intervention." Since the analysis was limited by estimations of MCID based on existing data, the authors suggest that future research directly measure the MCID. Further, they caution, the vitality scale alone may not capture all the key aspects of HR...Optical technique identifies vulnerable plaques in cardiac patients
...eloped in their laboratory was used for this first study to examine the structure of plaques in patients with cardiac disease. The study enrolled patients scheduled to undergo cardiac catheterization for whom angiograms or other imaging ...Researchers search for first sign of congestive heart failure
...ssure, researchers will use painless ultrasound to study how the heart relaxes and fills with blood in stre...n of race and gender as well. "The purpose of this study is to tell you that before you have difficulty breathing, you show some signs that we could modify e...Hopkins begins human trials with donor adult stem cells to repair muscle damaged from heart attack
...ck, or myocardial infarct. The so-called Phase I study is designed to test the safety of injecting adult ...he promise of adult stem cell research," says lead study investigator and cardiologist Joshua Hare, M.D., professor of medicine at The Johns Hopkins Universi...Billions in cost estimated for firefighter injuries
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... reduce mortality from the disease, according to a study published in the April issue of the journal Radiol...g cancerous that go to surgery outside of research study centers turn out to be benign," Dr. Swensen said. Surgical intervention to diagnose these nodules i...US attempting to flout ethical practice for patient trials abroad
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...nterventions actually work. For instance, a recent study in Newcastle found that retail provision was not i...n fruit and vegetable consumption, while a similar study in Glasgow found little evidence for an overall effect. Despite some study limitations, the authors ...Study provides new estimates of the causes of child mortality worldwide
...ed that child mortality is greatest in Africa. The study shows that 42 percent of child deaths under age 5 ...ing and proven measures. Additional authors of the study include Jennifer Bryce, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, Kenji Shibuya and the WHO Child Health Epidemiology Re...Child care may affect entire community's risks of infection
...g both child care attendees and non-attendees. The study suggests that child care attendance may account for large variations in total community pneumococcal carriage. The researchers don't dissuade parents from using child care, despite the large group centers' apparent role in increasing the risk of infe...NYU College of Dentistry study equates poor oral health with preterm birth risk
...erm low birth weight (PLBW) babies, according to a study that was published today in the Journal of Periodontology. The study marks the first time that preterm delivery has been associated with oral bacteria other than those w...Oral bacteria may predict pregnancy outcomes
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...cardiac death risk." Dr. Somers cautioned that the study could not determine whether OSA raises the overall...ls in the blood, however. "At the very least, the study may help us better understand why people should die in their sleep at all. We now know that persons...Mental health service costs offset by savings in other public sectors
...to adulthood and becoming future taxpayers." The study is detailed in a paper, "Public Costs of Better Me... Services Administration (SAMHSA). The Penn State study focused on one of these communities in Stark County, Ohio, and compared it with a non-system-of-care...Can you read my mind? W.M. Keck Foundation funds innovative brain research at Carnegie Mellon
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