Self-management program for patients with COPD boosts quality of life, cuts rehospitalization

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that a program designed to enhance self-care and lead to more seamless management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults successfully reduced rates of emergency room visits and hospitalization, and the burdensome symptoms and limitations caused by the condition. Describing results of the six-month trial of the program in the Nov. 12 issue of […]

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T1DM self-management varies with adult developmental stages

(HealthDay)—Type 1 diabetes self-management behaviors vary across adult developmental stages, according to a study published online May 25 in Diabetes Care. Margaret M. McCarthy, Ph.D., from the New York University Rory College of Nursing in New York City, and Margaret Grey, Dr.P.H., R.N., from the Yale School of Nursing in Orange, Conn., examined patterns of diabetes self-management behaviors and predictors […]

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