Within two weeks of Joyce Oyler's discharge from the hospital, sores developed in her mouth and throat, and blood began seeping from her nose and bowels.
May 6, 2016
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Over the last two decades, thousands of nursing homes have been bought and sold by corporate chains. A new study has found that these transactions are related to lower quality of care. The results of this study suggest that ...
May 2, 2016
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Between 2004 and 2014, jobs in the health care sector grew 20 percent, compared to three percent for all other sectors, according to a recent report by the University at Albany's Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS). ...
Apr 19, 2016
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A study published in the April edition of Health Affairs reveals that one-sided comments posted on online news articles may influence readers' opinions about health-related topics. This raises questions about how health social ...
Apr 5, 2016
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When older adults in severely debilitated states show up for treatment in the emergency department, emergency physicians and staff must be able to identify and document their symptoms and decide whether to report their concerns ...
Mar 22, 2016
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Czech physicians have diagnosed the country's first two cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in tourists who returned from the Caribbean two weeks ago, the health minister said on Thursday.
Feb 25, 2016
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They may have made America their new home, but immigrants whose children have special medical needs appear to be having trouble finding a true "medical home" for their child, a new study finds.
Feb 9, 2016
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UCLA research finds wide variations in whether hospitals refer patients to inpatient facilities or home health care following surgery
Jan 20, 2016
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Nearly 66 percent of all adverse events experienced by nursing home residents, such as falls, delirium and hallucinations, could be prevented, in part, by monitoring medication more closely. In nursing homes, both registered ...
Dec 14, 2015
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There are substantial racial/ethnic differences in use of home dialysis and the health outcomes of US patients who use it, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ...
Dec 10, 2015
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