Multicomponent Intervention May Lower Physical Restraint UseMulticomponent Intervention May Lower Physical Restraint Use
Compared with standard information, a guideline- and theory-based multicomponent intervention was associated with reduced physical restraint use in nursing homes. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

Hormone plays surprise role in fighting skin infections
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are molecules produced in the skin to fend off infection-causing microbes. Vitamin D has been credited with a role in their production and in the body’s overall immune response, but scientists say a hormone previously associated only with maintaining calcium homeostasis and bone health is also critical, boosting AMP expression when dietary vitamin D levels are inadequate. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)