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Training improves perineal trauma outcome

Women with perineal trauma after childbirth have lower risk of wound infection when managed by healthcare practitioners who undergo evidence-based perineal trauma training, suggesting that this training may improve some maternal clinical outcomes.

Diet with nuts lowers depression risk

Patients with high cardiovascular disease risk and type 2 diabetes on a Mediterranean diet supplemented with nuts have lower risk of depression than those on a low-fat diet, suggesting nuts have a beneficial effect on mental health in this population.

Mediterranean diet lowers diastolic BP

In individuals with high cardiovascular disease risk, eating a Mediterranean diet supplemented with olive oil or nuts reduces diastolic blood pressure (BP) more than a low-fat diet, suggesting the Mediterranean diet could be beneficial for BP control.

Predicting the use of research findings by nurses

Hospitals may positively influence nurses’ reported use of research by focusing attention on modifiable elements of unit context and this may extend to the adoption of best practices in general and other innovative or quality interventions.

Caring for heart failure patients in the community

A population based study in South Australia highlights the significant burden placed on carers of patients with heart failure and the differences in their access to services compared to those dying from other conditions.