(Reuters Health) – Rural seniors hospitalized for certain life-threatening conditions are more likely than city-dwelling peers to die within a month of being discharged to an aftercare facility, a new study suggests. In an analysis of data from more than 2 mil... More »
(Reuters Health) – A pilot study aimed at gauging the real-time mood in busy emergency rooms suggests doctors and nurses often feel strained as the number of waiting patients rises. The study’s aim was to test the feasibility of using terminals with touch-butt... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday announced a ban on all flavored e-cigarettes besides tobacco and menthol in response to a recent nationwide spate of sometimes deadly lung illnesses that U.S. health officials have linked to vaping.... More »
Hospital workers often come to work with contagious respiratory illnesses, against the recommendations of public health regulators, a Canadian study suggests. Nearly all of the 2,093 health care workers in the study who had such symptoms came to work at some p... More »
(Reuters Health) – A program that combines home modifications with specialized counseling may help seniors disabled by aging stay in their homes longer, a new study suggests. The program helped seniors regain independence and accomplish more activities of dail... More »
(Reuters Health) – A growing number of nurse practitioners are providing primary care in rural and low-income U.S. communities where the physician workforce is shrinking, a new study suggests. Nationwide, primary care doctors outnumber nurse practitioners (NPs... More »
(Reuters Health) – Patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia may be less likely to die after surgery when they’re treated at hospitals that employ a larger proportion of nurses with at least a college degree, a U.S. study suggests. Previous research has l... More »
(Reuters Health) – Pets that visit nursing homes or live there with a resident can be a benefit to all, but administrators also need to consider possible risks like injuries and illness and develop policies to avoid them, researchers say. In a survey of nursin... More »
Senior citizens stand after receiving makeovers and beauty care at a beauty salon of Jacques Janine, to boost her self esteem, an event organized by Projeto Velho Amigo NGO with 90 women that live at nursing homes, in Sao Paulo, Brazil November 27, 2017. REUTE... More »
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A handful of Illinois-based nursing homes sued the state’s Department of Healthcare and Family Services on Friday, saying low Medicaid rates are jeopardizing their ability to provide adequate quality of care. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Hands are held in Sun City, Arizona, January 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson CHICAGO (Reuters) – Finding a safe, high-quality nursing home for a loved one is never an easy task. Complicated decisions often are made at a moment of emotional crisis and ... More »
A shortage of nurses at U.S. hospitals hit West Virginia's Charleston Area Medical Center at the worst possible time. More »
If you are hovering around retirement age today, you will be closing in on your eighties in the year 2030. With any luck, you will be healthy and mobile - but imagine for a moment that you are not. Let's say a debilitating illness requires that you receive car... More »
By Carolyn CristAs the U.S. healthcare system grows to accommodate more aging patients, nursing home care is increasingly being delivered by speciali More »
By Carolyn Crist(Reuters Health) – Nearly 37 percent of Americans have advanced directives for end-of-life care if they become seriously ill or unabl More »
By Gene Emery(Reuters Health) – – Long-term follow-up of patients in a 2014 study confirms that stroke patients recover better if doctors physically More »
A diabetic applies an Insulin pen injection in Vienna November 13, 2012. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – – Adults with type 1 diabetes may be able to manage their blood sugar levels just as well with multiple daily insu More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Kids with autism who spend a lot of time with their grandmothers may get diagnosed with the disorder at a younger More »
By Madeline KennedyMore than 20,000 people living in U.S. nursing homes experienced serious injuries to the face last year, mainly from falling and h More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Comfort care for advanced cancer patients is associated with fewer repeat hospitalizations and more hospice referr More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Nursing home residents who have a range of activity options may be more likely to thrive than their peers who don’ More »
By Reuters StaffNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In elderly hypertensive patients, treating to a systolic blood pressure <120 mm Hg (vs <140 More »
By Lisa RapaportElderly patients who get treated for illnesses or injuries in the emergency department (ED) are at risk of increased disability for u More »
By Randi Belisomo(Reuters Health) – To humanize the intensive care unit and comfort families of the dying, Canadian doctors have found a way to elici More »
By Kathryn Doyle(Reuters Health) – For patients with advanced cancer, palliative care should start early and be an integral part of treatment, not ju More »
By Lisa RapaportWhen U.S. babies die during home births, the cause is most often labor and delivery complications, birth defects or infections, a rec More »
Reuters Health – A major weakness of asthma care is that many patients don’t know how to use inhalers to deliver life-saving medicine when they’re gasping for air. The fix may be as simple as taking more time to teach patients how the devices work, a U.S. stud... More »
(Reuters Health) – Women with hypertension and physically demanding jobs are much more likely to suffer myocardial infarction than peers who are less active at work and have normal blood pressure, a recent study suggests. Among thousands of nurses, hypertensio... More »
(Reuters Health) – Intimate partner violence or abuse can take the form of birth control sabotage, pregnancy pressure or coercion, which can have devastating consequences including unintended pregnancy, abortion and psychological trauma, according to a new rev... More »
