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Pick up any newspaper or magazine or turn on the news, and you're likely to hear somebody talking about this country's obesity epidemic.
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Hospital-at-home care may be a practical alternative to traditional hospital inpatient care for patients with acutely suddenly worsening chronic heart failure, according to a recent report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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This is the second of a two-part article that discusses best practices for the care of patients with dementia.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Alert warning of the deaths and injuries that resulted from the use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) outlined the following cautions:
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The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), Alexandria, VA, has issued an alert warning members that fraudulent NHPCO membership dues invoices have been faxed to some members.
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A surgeon and a pediatrician are among the four American physicians who have been named recipients of the first Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards.
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A death of a loved one, a job loss, the end of a marriage, an illness or disability. Everyone faces losses and grief, but the toll that grief can take on the mind and body can catch many people by surprise.
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As sicker, more complex patients are increasingly cared for by home health nurses, the risk for needlestick injuries also increases. In a recent study, researchers identified the rate of needlestick-type injuries to be 7.6 per 100 nurses. At this rate, researchers estimate that there are nearly 10,000 needlestick injuries each year in home care.
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Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) often don't receive adequate end-of-life care and are unhappy with the medical decisions made as their conditions worsen, according to a study appearing in the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN).
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved morphine sulfate oral solution for the relief of moderate to severe, acute, and chronic pain in opioid-tolerant patients. This medicine will be available in 100 mg per 5 mL or 20 mg per 1 mL.