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New Study Shows How To Boost Muscle Regeneration and Rebuild Tissue
One of the many effects of aging is loss of muscle mass, which contributes to disability in older people. To counter this loss, scientists at the Salk Institute are studying w...Full Article
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Unveils “The Apartment,” a Full-Scale Model Dementia-Friendly Residence
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) unveiled The Apartment, a full-scale model dementia-friendly residence in AFA headquarters—with entryway, kitchen, bedroom, bath, l...Full Article
Sleep Hygiene Intervention Improves Sleep for Hospital Patients
Hospitalized patients often suffer from sleep deprivation due to environmental noise and interruptions from staff.1 A new study in the June 2021 issue of The Joint Commission...Full Article
U.S. Blood Donations Are Safe Under Current Covid-19 Screening Guidelines
A new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues has found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, does not appear to pose a threa...Full Article
Exploring ‘Exercise as Medicine’
If being sedentary is the new smoking, then UCI’s nascent Exercise as Medicine class is the modern equivalent of the old surgeon general’s warning on cigarette packs. Taught...Full Article
Minimum Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Policy Saves Lives and Lowers Costs
A new study published in The Lancet showed that a policy establishing minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals in Queensland, Australia saved lives, prevented rea...Full Article
Battling Public Health Misinformation Online
Social media and web-based news channels became a communication superhighway for correct and incorrect public health information during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study of thi...Full Article
EHR Usability Issues Linked to Nurse Burnout and Patient Outcomes
Nurses and other clinicians rely heavily upon the electronic health record (EHR) to provide patient care. This includes clinical decision-making, care planning, patient survei...Full Article
Cancer Treatments May Accelerate Cellular Aging
New research indicates that certain anti-cancer therapies may hasten cellular aging, where changes in the DNA of patients may contribute to greater inflammation and fatigue. T...
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Ticking Upward: MU Researcher Studies Rise of Tick-Borne Diseases in Midwest
When Ram Raghavan heard from a former colleague at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that a 7-year-old girl had died from Rocky Mountain spotted fever as the resu...Full Article
Feeling Younger Buffers Older Adults from Stress, Protects Against Health Decline
People who feel younger have a greater sense of well-being, better cognitive functioning, less inflammation, lower risk of hospitalization and even live longer than their olde...Full Article
Molecular Analysis Identifies Key Differences in Lungs of Cystic Fibrosis Patients
A team of researchers from UCLA, Cedars-Sinai and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has developed a first-of-its-kind molecular catalog of cells in healthy lungs and the lungs of...Full Article
Prototype App for Mobile Devices Could Screen Children at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder
NIH-funded research project develops app to track eye movements in response to videos. A mobile app was successful at distinguishing toddlers diagnosed with autism spectrum d...Full Article
New Poll of U.S. Adults Reveals Widespread Inaction on Hearing Loss
With hearing loss ranking as one of the most common chronic health conditions that U.S. adults experience, affecting an estimated 48 million people nationwide, the American Sp...Full Article
New American Academy of Dermatology Survey Finds One-Third of Americans Fail Basic Quiz on Skin Cancer and Sun Exposure
In a recent survey of 1,000 U.S. adults, the American Academy of Dermatology found that one-third of Americans lack a basic understanding of skin cancer and sun protection — l...Full Article
Healthy Young Adults who had COVID-19 may have Long-term Impact on Blood Vessels and Heart Health
New research published in Experimental Physiology highlight the possible long term health impacts of COVID-19 on young, relatively healthy adults who were not hospitalized and...
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American Nurses Association Announces National Nurses Month Celebrations for 2021
Since the pandemic, honoring our nation’s nurses is more profoundly significant, which makes this month of recognition in May even more important. Whether it is a national he...Full Article
Holding Steady in the Emergency Department
One year has passed since stay-at-home orders went into effect across the U.S. and the COVID-19 pandemic changed our lives in profound ways. The novel coronavirus has infected...Full Article
Researchers Trace Spinal Neuron Family Tree
Spinal cord nerve cells branching through the body resemble trees with limbs fanning out in every direction. But this image can also be used to tell the story of how these neu...Full Article
When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated and How to Protect Yourself and Others
Choosing Safer Activities If you are fully vaccinated, you can resume activities that you did prior to the pandemic. Fully vaccinated people can resume activities without we...Full Article
Nursing Homes See 96 Percent Decline In COVID Cases Since Vaccine Rollout
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long term care facilities across the ...Full Article
American Heart Association: May is Move More Month
One in four U.S. adults are sitting for longer than eight hours each day, and this lack of activity is bad for mental and physical health. The American Heart Association, the ...Full Article
Exposure to Harmful Chemicals in Plastic May Contribute to Postpartum Depression
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals may influence hormonal shifts during pregnancy as well as contribute to postpartum depression, according to a small study published in the Endoc...Full Article
Keeping Fit with HIIT Really Does Work
High intensity interval training has become increasingly popular as it’s a quick and effective way to improve health. This is all the more important as countries around the wo...Full Article
First Clinical Trials Set for Imaging Agent for MRI Prostate Cancer Detection
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved human clinical trials to test the safety of cancer-detection technology developed at Case Western Reserve University: a tumo...Full Article
