Perceived Communication Barriers Among Elderly Patients And Nurses In China
The authors explain that information available regarding nurses' and elderly patients' perceptions of barriers to the communication process is limited. Elderly patients and nurses in China were asked to identify their major communication barriers with each other - including patient-related, nurse-related and environment-related barriers.
Increased Incidence Of Melanoma Found In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated With Methotrexate
A chronic, inflammatory disease of unknown origin, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects about 1 percent of adults worldwide. Marked by joint destruction, RA often leads to disability and diminished quality of life. It can also lead to an early death from cancer.
Towards A Cure For Fatal Childhood Skin Disease
Physicians at the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview have set the path to a cure for a young boy's fatal genetic skin disease, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), by using a cord blood and bone marrow transplant.
Eating And Weight Gain Not Necessarily Linked, Study Shows
You may not be what you eat after all.A new study shows that increased eating does not necessarily lead to increased fat. The finding in the much-studied roundworm opens the possibility of identifying new targets for drugs to control weight, the researchers say.
Gene Therapy Involving Antibiotics May Help Patients With Usher Syndrome
A new approach to treating vision loss caused by Type 1 Usher syndrome (USH1), the most common condition affecting both sight and hearing, was unveiled by a scientist at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics on 3 June.
New Study Shows That Locomotor Training Restores Walking Function In Child With Chronic, Severe Spinal Cord Injury
New research shows that a non-ambulatory (unable to walk or stand) child with a cervical spinal cord injury was able to restore basic walking function after intensive locomotor training.
Assisted Living Industry Looks At Future Of Alzheimer's - ALFA Submits Testimony On Alzheimer's Care, USA
The nation's leading organization of assisted living providers today urged the Senate Special Committee on Aging to look to assisted living providers for the model of care for victims of Alzheimer's disease.
New-look National Prescribing Service Pharmacy Review Improves Health By Building Rapport, Australia
Pharmacists say relationships with patients are extended and supported by the National Prescribing Service Limited's (NPS) new-look Pharmacy Practice Review counselling and action resource and this is yielding better results for patients.
Gene That Magnetically Labels Cells Shows Potential As Imaging Tool
Mammalian cells can produce tiny magnetic nuggets after the introduction of a single gene from bacteria, scientists have found. The gene MagA could become a valuable tool for tracking cells' movement through the body via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), says Xiaoping Hu, PhD, professor of biomedical engineering at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Sen. Cornyn Urges Colleagues To Join Him In Boosting Health Care Access For Medicare Beneficiaries
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, sent a letter to all of his Senate colleagues, urging them to support legislation he has introduced to ensure Medicare beneficiaries have increased access to quality, affordable health care. As it stands, physicians who offer Medicare are scheduled to have their reimbursement rates cut by 10.