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Study finds more hospital-related infection due to burned-out nurses
Two kinds of hospital-acquired infections—catheter-associated urinary tract infections and surgical site infections—have been on the rise, according to a new study. The research shows that the busy...
View ArticleSpike in maternal opiate use, infant withdrawal
Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, and the University of Pittsburgh found maternal opiate use had increased nearly five-fold between 2000–2009. Researchers call the...
View ArticleStudy finds black youth in California targeted by tobacco marketing
Academic researchers, funded by California's Tobacco Related Disease Research Program, found a greater number of menthol cigarette advertising at retailers near high schools with a high African...
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Health care workers at risk
According to a recent study done by the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, researchers are now doing their best to implement safety measures for nurses when administering toxic drugs,...
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World AIDS Day: Getting to Zero
On December 1 each year, you will find countries around the world commemorating World AIDS Day to raise awareness of the spreading of HIV infection. Each year, a theme is chosen for the campaign by...
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Mobility limitations in African Americans linked to depressive symptoms
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has led a study displaying a relation between demographic health issues and mobility limitation. Researchers found that depressed African American...
View ArticleAfrican American patients exhibit higher COPD readmission rates
When patients leave a health care facility, everyone hopes it will be for the last time, as they go on to lead a healthy life. But for some African Americans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
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Sickle cell, silent strokes, and galvanizing nurses
Some children already suffering sickle cell disease may find themselves at risk for yet another malady: "silent strokes." Researchers found those children with a combination of sickle cell, high blood...
View ArticleWhen premies grow up
This month, researchers at the University of Rhode Island’s College of Nursing will present their latest findings from a 23-year-long study of premature infants, the longest running study of its kind...
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Health Care Reform One Year Later
President Obama signed the historic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, 2010, and its first changes went into effect on July 1 of the same year. But signing that bill was...
View ArticleLunchbox heroes: they don't want candy
As a partnership between the Healthy Schools Campaign, Chicago Public Schools, the Office of Minority Health, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Heroes for Healthy Schools...
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Class on the water
During the 2011 National Nurses Week, a week the American Nurses Association honors every year from National Nurses Day, May 6, to Florence Nightingale's birthday, May 11, four nursing students were...
View ArticleUnderstanding health disparities in Indiana
When discussing economic disparities, urban centers often come to mind, and rightfully so, as a greater concentration of people tends to yield more socioeconomic disparities. Cities typically have more...
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A Proactive Program
Teen pregnancy, once a declining problem, is once again on the rise, particularly in minority communities. To combat the trend, one Massachusetts nurse started a program aimed at educating students and...
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"Race for Results" Report Addresses Health of Minority Children
A recent report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation shed light on something nurses see every day - there's a large gap in the well-being of minority children in the United States.The report, Race for...
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