Dementia/Alzheimer Disease
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Nursing shortage brings rule switch: Contract nurses now meet requirement
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Is Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus a Valid Concept in 2002?
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Will New Approaches Help to Treat ALS?
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Highlights from the 8th Annual International Alzheimer’s Disease Meeting
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Pharmacology Watch: High-Dose Rofecoxib Confirmed Prothrombotic, Study Shows
Debate over the cardiovascular effects of COX-2 inhibitors has raged for more than a year since a special communication was published in JAMA last August suggesting an increase in cardiovascular events with rofecoxib (Vioxx). Now a large retrospect, the cohort study from the Tennessee Medicaid program seems to confirm the prothrombotic effects of rofecoxib, at least in high dose. -
Pharmacology Watch: Forgot Your Ginkgo? Forget About It, Study Shows
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Complexity of coding requires coding staff
With an average of 300 new codes, and the development of guidelines that change the way old codes are applied each year, it is critical that your agency keep staff members up to date on coding requirements to ensure that you receive the highest appropriate reimbursement, say experts interviewed. -
Angola prison shows how TLC makes a difference
In at least one way, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, LA, is an ideal setting for a hospice: It's an encapsulated village in which 90 percent of its residents will die within its walls and fences. -
Prison hospices are thriving due to greater acceptance, older population
It's been 20 years since Springfield, MO, Medical Centers Hospice Program became the first U.S. prison hospice program, and now there are more than 70 hospice programs within state and federal prisons. -
Attorney: 'Rotation' referrals may compromise care
Patients' right to freedom of choice of providers has been a source of continuing conflict, especially between hospitals and post-acute providers not owned by or affiliated with hospitals -- so-called freestanding providers.