Inpatient mortality up with exposure to high capacity utilization
Jan 13, 2023
A 2% increase was seen in the odds of 14-day in-hospital mortality for each additional day of exposure to high-capacity utilization.
Two disease processes contribute to age-related macular degeneration
Jan 13, 2023
Lesions from soft drusen/pigment epithelial detachments have lower mean quantitative autofluorescence, whereas those from subretinal drusenoid deposits have higher.
Senior living provider with history of wage violations cited for $690,000 in back pay, penalties
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 13, 2023
Denying full wages, deducting for meal breaks and failing to keep time and payroll records has left a California senior living provider on the hook for more than $690,000 in back wages and penalties.
Christian Living Communities partners with state to train CNAs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 13, 2023
Denver-based Christian Living Communities has extended its signature mentorship program for certified nursing assistants to the state of Wisconsin.
Survey: 43 percent of baby boomers are worse off financially after 2022
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 13, 2023
Forty-three percent of baby boomers — the generation born between 1946 and 1964 — are worse off financially than they were a year ago, according to the results of a recent survey by Fidelity Investments.
FDA approves new two-drug combo medicine for asthma
Jan 12, 2023
The medication is the first approved in the United States to contain an inhaled corticosteroid as a reliever rather than as a controller of asthma symptoms.
Good Samaritan Society to exit 15 states, trim capacity by 30 percent
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 12, 2023
Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, the country’s second-largest not-for-profit senior living and care organization, plans to exit 15 states and reduce its resident and patient count by approximately...
Overall cancer mortality continued to decline from 2019 to 2020
Jan 12, 2023
The prostate cancer incidence increased from 2014 to 2019; there was a large decrease in cervical cancer incidence linked to the HPV vaccine.
Older knee replacement implants as good as newer models
Jan 12, 2023
No significant difference was seen in the six-month Oxford Knee Score for the newer Journey II BCS versus the older Genesis II.
Salt restriction does not lower blood pressure variability
Jan 12, 2023
The findings show no difference between a seven-day low- or high-salt diet.