Blinding refers to the act of masking the nature of the treatment that participants in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) receive.
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Terminology 101: Blinding in RCTs
Colorectal cancer patients who smoke are twice as likely to die of their illness as those who don’t smoke, according to a study by the American Cancer Society. Researchers studied 2,548 patients with invasive, nonmetastatic colorectal cancer and found that those who smoked before diagnosis, as...
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Smoking and colorectal cancer
People who suffer from sleep apnea may be at greater risk for osteoporosis, according to a literature review published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. A body of evidence suggests that frequent waking at night stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, which in turn stimulates the cells...
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Is sleep disruption bad to the bone?
Bleeding from massive traumatic injuries can be stopped more quickly if patients receive a transfusion of blood products that is as close as possible to reconstituted whole blood, a study by the University of Texas Health Science Center has found. Researchers conducted a clinical trial of 680...
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Balanced blood transfusion helps stabilize trauma patients
Comparing yourself to your apparently more successful friends on Facebook can lead to envy and depression, according to researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia. In a study of 736 college students, researchers found that although some students simply enjoyed socializing on Facebook, others...
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Facebook friend envy breeds depression
In a study conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, 157 women (84 of whom had chronic fatigue syndrome) were asked to complete detailed gynecologic history questionnaires. Researchers found that 55 per cent of those with CFS had undergone hysterectomy, compared with 19 per cent of the...
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Chronic fatigue syndrome and early menopause
To determine whether the intervention causes the outcome in a randomized controlled trial (RCT), researchers must ensure that the intervention and control groups are similar in all baseline characteristics (both known and unknown) that could influence the outcome.
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Terminology 101: Randomization in RCTs
Will the Supreme Court strike down the laws banning assisted suicide?
CNA does not have a position on assisted suicide. CNA’s focus has been, and continues to be, on promoting the palliative approach to care. This approach “focuses on the person and family, and on their quality of...
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Assisted suicide: CNA on this issue
In Canada, public support for the decriminalization of assisted suicide is increasing, although assisted suicide remains prohibited under Canada’s Criminal Code. That may soon change and, as patients’ advocates, nurses need to know and understand their roles and current laws relevant to treatment and end-of-life care.
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Will the Supreme Court strike down the laws banning assisted suicide?
A person who suffers a bite on the hand should be treated immediately with routine antibiotics, according to a literature review in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. The anatomy of the hand, the shape and sharpness of animals’ teeth, and the bacteria in saliva all...
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Bites to the hand require care