Large majorities of older Americans experience significant and troubling gaps in their primary care, according to a new national survey, "How Does It Feel? The Older Adult Health Care Experience," released by the John A. Hartford Foundation, a champion for improved geriatric care and longtime...
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have placed new emphasis on gathering data on cancer patient quality of life during both treatment and survivorship. Their focus is on gathering and using that data to develop interventions to improve the quality of life for patients in treatment and for...
Black children are less likely than white children to receive medication for abdominal pain in the emergency department (ED) even when they report severe pain, according to a study to be presented Saturday, April 28, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Boston. "The...
You guys have a pretty bad reputation, don't you want to make it a positive reputation instead of the negative one you have now?
@ God is Good:
You're happy that when people think of christians they think of inbred creationist idiots?
My patient had an NPO order for 3 days now because he had a colon resection done.
And for my homework, I came up with the diagnosis of imbalanced nutrition r/t dietary restrictions
I just can't think of much interventions...
the doctor doesnt want anything in his colon, which is why he's on...
It is called the CPC (Comprehensive Primary Care) initiative, and aims to strengthen coordination and collaboration between private and public health care payers in order to improve primary care. According to Medicare, it will liaise with both commercial and State health insurance plans and...
A new report by American Cancer Society scientists says new data showing aspirin's potential role in reducing the risk of cancer death bring us considerably closer to the time when cancer prevention can be included in clinical guidelines for the use of aspirin in preventative care. The report...
The European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have published their jointly developed European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ESTC). The 21 patient-centred standards aim to guide clinicians and public health workers to ensure...
One of the biggest arguments against providing equal and affordable access to women's health care, including birth control, has consistently been that it's just too expensive, and that it's not the responsibility of the government. That if low-income women don't want to have children, they...
There have been problems around Europe with fans throwing objects at players and causing injuries, fear or both. But when Spartak Moscow fans hit Dinamo Moscow defender Vladimir Rykov directly atop the head with a snowball last weekend, it didn't seem to cause him either one.
Rykov was walking...
Obama's health care law has more prons than cons yet republicans and whining rich cry babies complain about the 1** flaw that everyone is mandated to have heathcare insurance. So let's get this straight its bad to have a call that reduces cost, prevent company from preconditioning...
Would they even notice?
When do you think they wouldn't care, like do you think they wouldn't care if you were a certain age?
Do your parents have healthy food in the house and try and look out for your health?
Thanx for answering.
My vent:
I'm asking because my parents recently stopped buying...
When choosing between brand-name and generic, most of us are considering price and doctor recommendations. But what most of us don't realize is that it will make the difference between winning and losing, if your drugs end up causing complications that lead you to take their manufacturers to...
People are living longer with and after a cancer diagnosis, making survivorship clinics and programs - as well as official guidelines and practices governing the care of survivors - an important emerging component of modern cancer care. Many institutions are looking to gather these resources...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — No, 11-seed Colorado upsetting 6-seed UNLV on Thursday night in its NCAA opener at The Pit does not make up for an entire season of 'meh' from the Pac-12.
But that's not what the upstart Buffs were out to do, anyway.
Atoning for the league's regular season champ being...
My Aquarium got cloudy due to Overfeeding (noob mistake!!!) and due to which two of my Pangius catfish got injured. one of them has a eye & skin Injury. (pls see the link for the pic) and the other has a superficial wound.
Links to the pics:
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What's different about the GM 2.0 ecotec 4 cylinder that makes it more refined in the Saab 9-3 than, say, in the Chevy Cobalt? And do you have an opinion on GM sourcing transmissions from Aisin rather than building their own like the big 3 German companies do?
Laboratory-based treatment reminders meant to improve physicians' prescribing habits for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may not be effective, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findings indicate...