COPD exacerbations up after ambient temperature increase
Sep 13, 2021
Each 1 degree Celsius increase in temperature correlated with a 2% increase in odds of COPD exacerbation.
Suicide mortality decreased from 2018 to 2020 after rising since 2000
Mar 03, 2022
Suicide rates declined for females in all age groups older than 25 years and decreased for males aged 45 to 64 or 65 to 74 years.
Supervised exercise program beneficial for seniors with hip fracture
May 18, 2022
Greater improvement on Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Short Physical Performance Battery were reported with a home exercise program.
Review: Power training, strength training compared for older adults
May 11, 2022
Modest improvement was seen in physical function with power training versus traditional strength training.
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Sen. Grassley demands details of community’s HR, social media policies after worker arrest
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 30, 2017
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is seeking details of a Florida memory care community’s human resources and social media policies after a worker there allegedly secretly recorded two...
COVID-19 outbreaks pose staffing challenges to nursing homes
Jul 27, 2022
The drop in nursing staffing levels remained statistically significant at 16 weeks after the start of the outbreak due to an increase in absences and departures.
Telehealth programs benefit obese adults with knee OA
Nov 30, 2021
An education and exercise program, with and without dietary intervention, was better than education only for knee osteoarthritis.
Greater nurse staffing tied to better sepsis outcomes
Jun 01, 2022
An increase in registered nurse hours per patient day was associated with a 3% decrease in 60-day mortality.
Doctors more likely to test for conditions recently diagnosed in other patients
Aug 17, 2021
When seeing patients with shortness of breath, testing for pulmonary embolism increases for 10 days after a diagnosis in a patient with the condition.