_ Medical Care Mental & Emotional Health Facebook and Diagnoses of Illness By Jane Farrell article Like it or not, social media is among the most common ways people communicate worldwide. And while that has attracted … Read More→
_ Medical Care Lifesaving Care Can Vary Widely Among Hospitals By Jane Farrell article Having major surgery comes with many risks, including problems that can crop up hours, days or even weeks after the … Read More→
_ Medical Care Simple Measures Cut Sepsis Deaths Nearly in Half By Sondra Forsyth article Hospitals should prepare simple standardized treatment protocols for early recognition and treatment of sepsis, a condition in which infections spread … Read More→
_ Medical Care Many Patients Released before Vital Signs Are Stable By Jane Farrell article Twenty percent of people hospitalized are released before all vital signs are stable, a pattern thatΓÇÖs been linked to an … Read More→
_ Medical Care Medical Procedures E. Coli to The Rescue? By Jane Farrell article Researchers experimenting with harmless strains of E. coli ΓÇöthe majority of E. coli are safe and important to healthy human … Read More→
_ Cardiac Procedures and Surgeries Medical Care Give Cardiac Patients More Time to Come Out of Coma By Jane Farrell article Physicians may be drawing conclusions too soon about survival outcomes of patients who suffered a cardiac arrest outside the hospital, … Read More→
_ Medical Care Foot Wrap Offers Alternative to Medication for Restless Legs Syndrome By Sondra Forsyth article Authors from Lake Erie Research Institute in Pennsylvania report an adjustable foot wrap used to treat restless legs syndrome (RLS) … Read More→
_ Medical Care Mobility Program Offers A Better Life after Hospitalization By Jane Farrell article Hospitalized patients who took part in a mobility program were less likely to experience a decline in mobility than those … Read More→
_ Medical Care Medical Procedures Patients Trust Doctors Who Acknowledge Their Own Bias By Jane Farrell article Patients tend to trust doctors more if they disclose a bias toward their specialty, research shows. In fact, though, such … Read More→
_ Medical Care Navigating the Hospice Learning Curve By Sondra Forsyth article About twenty years ago a group of friends and I visited an acquaintance who was in a special hospice wing … Read More→
_ Medical Care Two Kinds of Medicare By Jane Farrell article Seniors who get their health coverage through Medicare Advantage plans, which are run by health insurance companies, are likely to … Read More→
_ Medical Care Medical Research Getting Rid of Soapy Stuff Improves Injectable Medicine By Jane Farrell article Researchers have developed a drug-making technique designed to reduce serious allergic reactions and other side effects from anti-cancer medicine, testosterone … Read More→
_ Medical Care New Study Suggests Patients May Shower Earlier after Knee Replacement Surgery By Jane Farrell article A study suggests it may not be necessary for knee replacement patients to wait up to two weeks after surgery … Read More→
_ Medical Care Medical Error 3rd Leading Cause of Death in U.S. By Jane Farrell article Analyzing medical death rate data over an eight-year period, Johns Hopkins patient safety experts have calculated that medical error is … Read More→
_ Medical Care How to Remember What The Doctor Said By Jane Farrell article No matter what your age, it is easy to forget a lot of what your doctor says. Sometimes, what she/he … Read More→
_ Heart Health Medical Care A Change in Heart-Resuscitation Procedure? By Jane Farrell article Administering heart resuscitation drugs to patients whose cardiac arrest is witnessed at the time of the attack can improve survival, … Read More→
_ Medical Care The Organ Transplant Gap By Jane Farrell article In the circle of life, everyone dies.┬á But what if a part of you could continue living, even after your … Read More→
_ Medical Care Doctors Offer Solutions to Rising Drug Costs By Jane Farrell article The American College of Physicians (ACP) today released a new policy paper calling for changes that could slow the rising … Read More→