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Engineered Gut Bacteria Show Promise Against Pancreatic Cancer

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Engineered probiotic bacteria successfully delivered an immune-stimulating therapy directly into pancreatic cancer tumors and slowed tumor growth in a new...

Nurse Practitioner-Led ICU Admission Process Cuts Critical Care Wait Times in Half

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes A nurse practitioner-led quality improvement initiative at a Tennessee hospital cut the time critically ill emergency department patients waited for...

Experimental KRAS Vaccine Shows Early Promise for Preventing Pancreatic Cancer

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes An experimental vaccine targeting one of the most common genetic drivers of pancreatic cancer generated durable immune responses in people...

Pregnancy Can Reveal Hidden Heart Valve Disease. What Nurses Need to Know

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Pregnancy places extraordinary demands on the cardiovascular system and can be the first time previously undiagnosed heart valve disease becomes...

Experimental CAR T Therapy Helps “Impossible-to-Match” Kidney Patients Receive Transplants

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes A groundbreaking clinical trial has demonstrated that CAR T-cell therapy may offer new hope for some of the most difficult...

Dietitian-Led Feeding Tube Program Cuts Pneumonia and Saves Nursing Hours

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes A Virginia health system’s dietitian-led program using electromagnetic feeding tube placement reduced ventilator-associated pneumonia by 67% and saved 350 nursing...

PCOS Has a New Name: PMOS. Why the Change Matters for Women’s Health

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, commonly known as PCOS, has officially been renamed Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome, or PMOS, following an international consensus initiative involving more...

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