http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress) -- Women may not receive adequate information on fertility preservation before breast cancer treatment, according to research presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-breast-cancer-patients-lack-adequate.html Cancer Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:01:02 EST news239875224 Nurses have an obligation to disclose an error when one occurs. While errors should be avoided as much as possible, the reality is the health care delivery system is not and will never be perfect; errors and adverse events are an inevitable part of care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-nursing-error-disclosure-homes.html Health Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:10:01 EST news239637477 (Medical Xpress) -- While the benefits of breastfeeding for the baby are well established and some studies have shown that mothers who breastfeed have lower risks of diabetes, high cholesterol and heart disease, a new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology shows that breastfeeding may also have another benefit for the mother. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-breastfeeding-benefits-mothers-blood-pressure.html Health Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:00:01 EST news239462145 How does the hospital environment affect our rehabilitation? New research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, into how the space around us affects the brain reveals that well-planned architecture, design and sensory stimulation increase patients' ability to recover both physically and mentally. Digital textiles and multisensory spaces can make rehabilitation more effective and reduce the amount of time spent in care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-architecture-brain-recover.html Health Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:39:30 EST news239387897 (Medical Xpress) -- Psychiatric nurses could play a role in preventing firearm suicides and homicides among the mentally ill, but few receive training on this issue, says a new study from Ball State University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-psychiatric-nurses-gun-related-suicides-homicides.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:53:33 EST news239356402 Patient satisfaction is increasingly recognized as an important component of quality of care. To achieve a high level of patient satisfaction, providers need to identify and address patients' expectations. However, a new international survey conducted by researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School reveals that while clinicians think it is important to ask patients about their expectations, they often fail to do so and consequently may not respond adequately. This research is published in the November issue of the British Medical Journal: Quality and Safety and was selected as the Editor's choice, making it available online in full text at no cost. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-uncovering-patient-satisfaction-international-survey.html Other Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:26:38 EST news238753579 African American women who develop gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy face a 52 percent increased risk of developing diabetes in the future compared to white women who develop GDM during pregnancy, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published online in the journal Diabetologia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-african-american-women-gestational-diabetes-high.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:59:17 EST news238309149 (AP) -- Nurses began picketing Thursday morning outside dozens of Northern and Central California hospitals as part of a one-day strike over benefit cuts and other concessions sought by hospital management. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-nurses-dozens-calif-hospitals.html Other Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:33:05 EST news235913559 (AP) -- Tens of thousands of nurses at nearly three dozen hospitals in Northern and Central California are set to go on strike in a labor dispute that has hospital managers moving to call in replacement workers and reschedule surgeries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-nurses-calif-hospitals.html Other Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:13:19 EST news235840322 One of the nation's leading voices in patient care and safety says that the key to successfully navigating the challenges and changes that health care reform will bring is the ability to "reimagine and redefine" what nursing is all about. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-nurse-practitioners-critical-link-demands.html Health Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:16:58 EST news235624540 “Fishermen on boats, they eat all kinds of stuff,” says Nursing Professor Antonia Arnaert. She is voluble in her excitement about her most recent research project, which involved teaching patients with uncontrolled diabetes to use smart phones and the Internet to communicate with the nurses responsible for monitoring their health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-nursing-virtual-world.html Health Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:37:32 EST news235211795 US authorities have charged 91 people over some $295 million in alleged fraud schemes related to Medicare, the government-run health program for seniors, the Justice Department said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-health-fraud-cases.html Other Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:49:39 EST news234676164 Nurses, just like many of their patients, struggle to find time and motivation to exercise. But a new study may give these all-important caregivers some additional pressure and responsibility: nurses' attitudes can influence whether their patients commit to a healthy lifestyle. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-nurses-role-patients.html Health Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:54:58 EST news233934855 Nearly 17 percent of nurses who work in outpatient chemotherapy infusion centers reported being exposed on their skin or eyes to the toxic drugs they deliver, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-percent-cancer-nurses-unintentionally-exposed.html Cancer Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:17:54 EST news233230660 Surgeons have re-attached a large part of the face of a seven year-old child torn in a pitbull attack, Mexico's state-run Social Security Institute said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-child-accident-mexico.html Other Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:13:28 EST news232168401 Unsatisfactory communication during healthcare provision may lead to misdiagnosis, incorrect treatment and even death. To analyse and improve communication within the hospital Accident and Emergency (A&E) setting, Prof. Diana Slade of PolyU’s Department of English and her team are collaborating with Tuen Mun Hospital in a pioneering research project entitled “Emergency communication: Improving the quality and safety of patient care through effective communication”. This project will examine communication encounters between doctors/nurses and patients in the hospital’s A&E Department to identify the feature of successful and unsuccessful encounters. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-explores-effective-healthcare.html Other Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:34:22 EST news231658423 Qualified nurses can now have the very latest advanced practice procedures at their fingertips, thanks to the new professional edition of The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-professional-nurse-manual-rave-format.html Health Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:40:38 EST news229682419 More than half of Sweden's intensive care nurses doubt that a clinical neurological examination can establish that a patient is brain dead. Intensive care nurses also perceive that this uncertainty can affect relatives when the question of organ donation is raised, is reveiled in a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-intensive-nurses-method-brain-death.html Other Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:42:27 EST news228476530 Pay plays a relatively small role in a nurse's decision to stay at or leave a job in a nursing home, according to new research from Rice University, the University of Pittsburgh and Baylor College of Medicine. In a comprehensive study of certified nursing assistants, researchers found that attitudinal factors such as job satisfaction and emotional well-being are better predictors of turnover in long-term care facilities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-money-long-term-nurses.html Health Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:27:37 EST news227960846 Patients who undergo surgery are more likely to suffer surgical site infections (SSIs) if the operating theatre is noisy, according to research published in the July issue of BJS, the British Journal of Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-noisy-infections-surgery.html Other Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:41:29 EST news226140078 Contrary to earlier reports, a new study finds that stress does not appear to increase a person's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS). The research is published in the May 31, 2011, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-stress-multiple-sclerosis.html Neuroscience Mon, 30 May 2011 16:00:03 EST news225986093 The United States will see half of its most experienced nurses and half of its nursing faculty at colleges and universities retire during the next decade, the president of a national nursing association said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-chief-national-nursing-group-shortage.html Health Fri, 27 May 2011 11:39:41 EST news225715174 (Medical Xpress) -- Well-informed doctors and nurses are the key to preventing parents refusing childhood immunisations because of vaccine scare campaigns, a University of Sydney expert writes in the latest edition of the international journal Nature. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-doctors-nurses-key-vaccine-outbreaks.html Health Fri, 27 May 2011 11:35:26 EST news225714902 Greater powers introduced by the government to enable specially trained nurses and pharmacists to prescribe medication in England have been successfully adopted, according to a new report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-wide-reaching-strong-nurse-pharmacist.html Other Tue, 10 May 2011 09:25:22 EST news224238306 Seven out of ten hospital nurses who took part in a Canadian study used the dorsogluteal (DG) buttock site to administer intramuscular injections - despite the potential risks of sciatic nerve injury - with only 14% using the ventrogluteal (VG) hip site recommended by the nursing literature. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-nurses-dont-intramuscular-site-potential.html Other Mon, 09 May 2011 09:47:36 EST news224153223 Elsevier, Redfox Technologies and Microsoft today announced the launch of the iCitizen Nursing Skills Netbook, an integrated and affordable e-learning netbook for nurses and nursing students in The Philippines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-elsevier-redfox-technologies-microsoft-e-learning.html Other Thu, 05 May 2011 10:59:10 EST news223811930 (Medical Xpress) -- How much exercise are overweight and obese people getting? More than many might think, according to research findings by nurses from Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-overweight-obese-people.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 02 May 2011 08:47:20 EST news223544815 As many as 25 percent of hospital nurses go without sleep for at least 24 hours in order to adjust to working on the night shift, which is the least effective strategy for adapting their internal, circadian clocks to a night-time schedule. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-strategy-commonly-night-nurses-circadian.html Health Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:10:32 EST news222005417