HealthARI - Health & Allied Research Intelligence

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1. Positive Changes in the Way Women Experience Menopause, University of Texas at Austin Multi-Ethnic Study Finds
Listed On: Friday, July 30, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas — White women are becoming more optimistic about menopause, with many seeing it as an opportunity to rethink their lives and redefine themselves, a new University of Texas at Austin national study shows....
The University of Texas at Austin

2. Simulation-Based Training Reduces Medication Administration Error Rates, According to University of Pittsburgh Study
Listed On: Monday, June 28, 2010
PITTSBURGH, June 15, 2010 – Compared to conventional, lecture-style education, simulation-based learning reduces the number of medication errors, according to a University of Pittsburgh study published online in the Journal of Intensive Care Medicine....
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

3. Study Finds Racial, Ethnic Disparities in Family-centered Care for Kids with Special Health Needs
Listed On: Friday, May 21, 2010
The concept of family-centered care for children with special health care needs is based on the understanding that a partnership among patients, families and health care professionals is essential to providing quality care....
University of California, Los Angeles

4. Understanding the Challenges of Cancer Survivors with Pre-existing Disabilities Subject of New University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing Study
Listed On: Thursday, February 26, 2009
Cancer survivors with pre-existing functional impairments due to disabling conditions such as polio, spinal cord injury or sensory impairments are the subject of a new $324,732 University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing study....
School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin

5. Study Finds Failure to Include Nurses in Process of Admitting Errors to Patients, Families
Listed On: Thursday, January 08, 2009
Even though nurses routinely disclose nursing errors to their patients, a new study published in the January 2009 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety shows that nurses often are not included when physicians tell patients about more serious mistakes....
University of Washington

6. UCLA Study Reveals Smoking's Effect on Nurses' Health, Death Rates
Listed On: Friday, November 14, 2008
A new UCLA School of Nursing study is the first to reveal the devastating consequences of smoking on the nursing profession. Published in the November–December edition of the journal Nursing Research, the findings describe smoking trends and death rates among U.S. nurses and emphasize the importance of supporting smoking cessation programs in the nursing field....
University of California, Los Angeles

7. Penn Nursing Study Finds Skin Color Plays Significant Role in Failure to Detect Rape Injuries
Listed On: Monday, October 27, 2008
PHILADELPHIA — Researchers the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing found that victims of sexual assault with dark skin are less likely than those with light skin to have their injuries identified, documented and treated, leaving them disadvantaged in the health-care and criminal-justice systems, according to a new study published in the November issue of The American Journal of Emergency Medicine....
University of Pennsylvania

8. Diagnosing and Treating Infections: Top Challenge for Neurologists
Listed On: Tuesday, October 21, 2008
In what is believed to be the first formal "census" of neurological diseases and their impact, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that brain and nervous system infections are more difficult to diagnose and treat and have a remarkably higher rate of morbidity and mortality compared to other neurological problems....
Johns Hopkins Medicine

9. Some Disabilities Remain Hidden after Stroke, Researcher Says
Listed On: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
NEWARK - An individual suffers a stroke and doctors and nurses in the hospital swoop in to intervene in the immediate life-threatening medical problems. But what happens after stroke survivors battle back to health and can go home? Often, they and their families are still left with problems and questions....
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

10. Talking Cure Eases Insomnia in Cancer Patients
Listed On: Saturday, October 04, 2008
Persistent insomnia in cancer survivors can be greatly improved through cognitive behavioural therapy, according to University of Glasgow researchers. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) - known as the 'talking cure' - improvged the sleep quality of those involved in the research, according to results published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology....
University of Glasgow

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