http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—There's more troubling news for America's aging population: A new report finds that one in every three seniors now dies while suffering from Alzheimer's or another form of dementia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-seniors-die-dementia.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:26:20 EST news282914770 A new study that looked at more than 75,000 children in day care in Norway found little evidence that the amount of time a child spends in child care leads to an increase in behavioral problems, according to researchers from the United States and Norway. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-links-day-behavioral-issues.html Pediatrics Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:26:43 EST news277658797 (Medical Xpress)—Based on developments in science and interviews with numerous medical experts, an in-depth investigation by Northwestern University's Medill Innocence Project raises significant questions about the murder conviction of a Chicago-area licensed day care provider in the death of a young child nearly two decades ago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-shaken-baby-conviction.html Health Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:41:08 EST news274696861 Family members who care for terminally ill patients at home can be helped by nurses throughout the course of the illness and particularly after the patient's death, according to Penn State nursing researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-nurses-caregiver-grief.html Health Sun, 16 Sep 2012 06:55:40 EST news266997320 Medical residents are an essential part of the hospital workforce. Although still in training the take on much of the day to day care of patients. A systematic review published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine shows that patient by properly supervised residents care is safe and of equal quality to that of fully trained doctors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-patient-residents-good-fully-doctors.html Health Thu, 28 Jun 2012 03:25:02 EST news260072694 The government is setting what it calls an ambitious goal for Alzheimer's disease: Development of effective ways to treat and prevent the mind-destroying illness by 2025. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-effective-alzheimer-treatment.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:36:46 EST news245997392 As baby boomers head for retirement, population experts have warned Americans to brace for what they call a "silver tsunami." But that tsunami could pose a special danger to Florida - because of Alzheimer's disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-alzheimer-florida-ground.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:10:01 EST news233505389 Adult day care services significantly reduce the stress levels of family caregivers of older adults with dementia, according to a team of Penn State and Virginia Tech researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-adult-day-much-needed-family-caregivers.html Health Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:33:13 EST news230211183