Three Nursing Associations Join Forces to Promote Workplace Civility

Three leading professional associations representing nurses who work in surgical settings recently developed and endorsed a position statement on workplace civility. With this initiative, the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA), the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) have pledged to promote a safe and hea..(Read More)

High Dose Of Concentrated Therapy Produces Several Lasting Benefits For Children With Cerebral Palsy

Children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy, a movement disorder that affects use of one side of the body, showed improved use of the arm and hand after receiving a high dose of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) in a clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study, published in Pediatrics, suggests that the more intensive level of CIMT—3-hour sessions, five days a week ..(Read More)

UCI-Led Study Finds Psychological Therapy Reduces Biobehavioral Impact Of Testicular Cancer

Psychological therapy reduces the adverse biobehavioral effects of testicular cancer in young adult survivors, according to a pilot study led by the University of California, Irvine. Biobehavior is the interaction of biological processes and behavior. Researchers’ findings, published in the American Journal of Men’s Health, show that Goal-focused Emotion-regulation Therapy, developed specifically ..(Read More)

Ketone Supplement Might Be A Novel Therapeutic For Boosting Brain Function In Obesity

New research published in The Journal of Physiology has shown that ketone supplements may be a novel therapeutic strategy for protecting and improving brain health in people with obesity. People with obesity are known to be at a higher risk of developing cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative diseases. This new study found that giving a ketone supplement three times a day for 14 days enhance..(Read More)

Working Mothers Who Feel In Control Of Schedule More Likely To Embrace Healthy Habits

Working, single mothers who feel in control of their schedules are more likely to fit in healthy habits like exercise, according to new research from Rice University, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. In their study, researchers followed more than 100 single, working mothers over a week and examined how their different mindsets whil..(Read More)

The Facebook Whistleblower Report - A Response From Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development

In its article “Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show,” ​​the Wall Street Journal recently revealed that Facebook has long known about the deleterious mental health effects of its social media sites on teens, and most notably girls, based on the company’s own data. The WSJ’s exposé of the “Facebook Files” has shocked millions of people. This revelation did not sh..(Read More)

Brain Activity Patterns After Trauma May Predict Long-Term Mental Health

The way a person’s brain responds to stress following a traumatic event, such as a car accident, may help to predict their long-term mental health outcomes, according to research supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health. The research, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, is part of the NIMH-funded AURORA study(link is extern..(Read More)