Fed chair signals possible rate cut ahead of September meeting
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 26, 2024
Lower federal interest rates could be coming as soon as next month, although Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell declined to commit to an exact date when speaking Friday at an economic symposium in Jackson...
Business briefs, Aug. 26
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 26, 2024
Grant provides 24/7 paramedic to LTC homes … Kindred must face copycat False Claims suit
over nursing home billing … Woodbridge, Va., SNF recognized with 2 Gold Seals of Approval for quality care,...
Actions & Transactions, Aug. 26
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 26, 2024
Ignite Medical Resorts breaks ground on St. Louis, MO, property … Morning Pointe expands
memory care services with Phase II of construction
Televisit outpatient care feasible for inflammatory bowel disease
Aug 23, 2024
No increase was seen in IBD-related hospitalizations versus in-person outpatient care.
‘Bed rotting’ and other TikTok sleep trends carry risks
Aug 23, 2024
About 55% of Gen Z says they have tried a sleep trend they came across on TikTok and other platforms.
Cognitive therapy improves mental health, quality of life for cancer patients
Aug 23, 2024
Moderate improvement was seen in mental health, quality of life in a meta-analysis; the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy can be influenced by age and delivery format.
Incidence of mental illness up after COVID-19 in unvaccinated people
Aug 23, 2024
Incidence of mental illness was lower in vaccinated cohort compared with pre-vaccine availability and unvaccinated cohorts.
Two-thirds of COPD hospitalized patients misuse inhalers
Aug 23, 2024
Most misuse inhalers were due to a critical error in the inhalation technique.
Cognitive difficulties tied to lower return to work after breast cancer
Aug 23, 2024
Return to work two years after diagnosis was associated with higher cognitive speed performance before and after cancer treatment.
Report: Frailty screening, care can improve care for older adults
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 23, 2024
Checking for frailty and treating it should be top priorities when providing healthcare and health planning for older adults, according to a report published Aug. 7 in the New England Journal of Medicine.