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Improving dementia treatment and staff training in care homes saves thousands of pounds per year

Improving staff training in care homes and reducing reliance on harmful medications saves thousands of pounds per year, as well as improving quality of life and reducing agitation in dementia, new research has demonstrated.

20 Nov 2018

Abramson Cancer Center becomes the 28th member institution of National Comprehensive Cancer Network

The Abramson Cancer Center (ACC) at the University of Pennsylvania announced today that it is joining the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) as its 28th member institution.

20 Nov 2018

Top of Mind 2019 survey underscores challenges and opportunities in digital health

As health system leaders look ahead to the challenges and opportunities of the coming year, they are increasing their spending to defend against cyberattacks, expressing optimism about reimbursement for telehealth services, and feeling anxiety about Apple, Amazon and Google entering the health care space.

20 Nov 2018

In-person social contact may offer protection against depression and PTSD symptoms

In-person social contact seems to offer some protection against depression and PTSD symptoms, but the same is not true of contact on Facebook, suggests a study by Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System and Oregon Health and Science University researchers.

20 Nov 2018

Response to daily stressors plays important role in cognitive health of older adults

Taking typical daily annoyances such as a long wait at the doctor's office or a traffic jam on the freeway in stride may help preserve brain health in older adults, while emotional reactions could contribute to declines in cognition, a new study from Oregon State University has found.

20 Nov 2018

Less pollution could increase the average lifespan of Copenhageners by an entire year in 2040

Copenhagen has been struggling with air pollution for many years now. Pollution from lorries, vans, busses and cars each year costs lives.

20 Nov 2018

Storage failures of eggs and embryos gain a new perspective

On March 3, 2018, a liquid nitrogen storage tank at the University Hospitals Fertility Center in Cleveland failed. Dr. Eli Adashi, a professor of medical science at Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School, characterized the event as a "tragic accident" in which 950 patients lost more than 4,000 frozen eggs and embryos.

20 Nov 2018

Study: Personalized physical exercise reverses functional, cognitive deterioration in the elderly

This is the conclusion of a research project coordinated by Nicolás Martínez-Velilla and Mikel Izquierdo-Redín, researchers at Navarrabiomed, the biomedical research centre of the Government of Navarre and the Public University of Navarre (NUP/UPNA).

20 Nov 2018

Cessation fatigue predicts relapse rate after attempts to quit smoking

Although there is good news about smoking -- only 14 percent of Americans smoke, the lowest number ever, according to a 2017 National Health Interview Survey -- challenges remain. In a given year, more than 40 percent of smokers make no attempt to quit.

20 Nov 2018

AHF commends the passage of global AIDS funding in the House, calls for swift approval

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today praised the U.S. House of Representatives for unanimously approving H.R. 6651, the PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018 (H.R. 6651) on November 13.

20 Nov 2018

International experts to discuss strategies to maintain spatial orientation in old age

The sense of direction is one of the most important human abilities. From 27 to 29 November 2018, about 70 experts from Europe, Canada and the US will discuss in Magdeburg how this navigation system operates and how it alters in old age or due to dementia.

20 Nov 2018

Subsidiaries of Community Health Systems sign definitive agreement to sell four South Carolina hospitals

Community Health Systems, Inc. announced today that subsidiaries of the Company have signed a definitive agreement to sell four South Carolina hospitals - 82-bed Chester Regional Medical Center in Chester, 225-bed Springs Memorial Hospital in Lancaster, 396-bed Carolinas Hospital System in Florence, and 124-bed Carolinas Hospital System - Marion in Mullins - along with related businesses, including physician clinic operations and outpatient services, to the Medical University Hospital Authority in Charleston, S.C.

20 Nov 2018

Study explores individual and organizational risk factors for one-year mortality in ICU survivors

Nearly one in five intensive care unit (ICU) survivors die within one year, and increased hospital use is among the factors associated with a higher risk of death, reports a UK population-based study in the January 2019 issue of Critical Care Medicine, the official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). Critical Care Medicine is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

20 Nov 2018

Online communication technologies could stave off depression among seniors, shows study

Imagine your family has moved across the state or across country. You're retired, and your spouse has passed away. Lacking the social connections previous generations once found in church or fraternal organizations, it doesn't take much time to begin feeling isolated and alone.

20 Nov 2018

Screening tool can help identify child sex trafficking victims with high risk health complaints

An initial screening tool can be used effectively in a busy, inner city emergency department to identify child sex trafficking victims presenting with high risk health complaints.

20 Nov 2018

Personalized program of physical exercise effective in reversing functional decline in the elderly

A program of personalized physical exercise implemented over a three-year period and involving 370 people over the age of 75 admitted to the Geriatric Service of the Hospital Complex of Navarre has turned out to be "safe and effective" in reversing the functional deterioration associated with hospitalization to which patients in this age group are subjected.

19 Nov 2018

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Improving dementia treatment and staff training in care homes saves thousands of pounds per year

Abramson Cancer Center becomes the 28th member institution of National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Top of Mind 2019 survey underscores challenges and opportunities in digital health

In-person social contact may offer protection against depression and PTSD symptoms

Response to daily stressors plays important role in cognitive health of older adults

Less pollution could increase the average lifespan of Copenhageners by an entire year in 2040

Storage failures of eggs and embryos gain a new perspective

Study: Personalized physical exercise reverses functional, cognitive deterioration in the elderly

Cessation fatigue predicts relapse rate after attempts to quit smoking

AHF commends the passage of global AIDS funding in the House, calls for swift approval

International experts to discuss strategies to maintain spatial orientation in old age

Subsidiaries of Community Health Systems sign definitive agreement to sell four South Carolina hospitals

Study explores individual and organizational risk factors for one-year mortality in ICU survivors

Online communication technologies could stave off depression among seniors, shows study

Screening tool can help identify child sex trafficking victims with high risk health complaints

Personalized program of physical exercise effective in reversing functional decline in the elderly

Study: 45 minutes of patient education can help better manage chronic diseases

New report highlights key focus areas to help cancer screening realize its full potential

Adolescents increasingly choose marijuana over cigarettes, alcohol

Vision impairments may increase risk of falls in older adults

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

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