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A team of 23 nurses is strategically placed at 50 community sites, including churches, schools, low-income housing projects, homeless shelters, food pantries, and health resource centers. Their role encompasses health promotion, disease prevention, early detection, and disease management...
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Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon may never have found the fountain of youth, but scientists at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered a way to help prevent aging and disease by triggering a transcription factor, the CREB (cAMP response element binding)-binding protein (CRP), that controls the activity of genes that regulate cellular function.
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Although every patient with dementia has different symptoms and behaviors, and each is at a different stage of the disease, there are some techniques that home health clinicians and aides can use to make the home care visit go more smoothly...
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Six deaths and 77 injuries associated with the use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) over the course of two years have prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue an alert to health care providers.
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Lean management techniques helped Lahey Clinic Medical Center, North Shore, in the city of Peabody, MA, boost patient satisfaction and reduce emergency department (ED) waiting times.
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Passive leg raising (PLR), a rapidly reversible maneuver that simulates rapid volume expansion by putting several hundred milliliters of fluid back into the circulation, has been shown to predict fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients.
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Statins are now well established as powerful and favorable lipid-modifying drugs. They are primarily used for individuals with coronary artery disease or an abnormal lipid panel, and result in major decreases in morbidity and mortality.