No advantage seen with long-term oxygen therapy for 24 versus 15 hours/day
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Haymarket Media
Sep 10, 2024
For chronic, severe hypoxemia at rest, the risk for hospitalization or death within one year was comparable for oxygen therapy of 24 or 15 hours/day.
Low-dose triple-pill protocol lowers BP in Black Africans with hypertension
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Haymarket Media
Sep 10, 2024
The mean home systolic blood pressure was lower with the triple-pill protocol versus the standard-care protocol at month 6.
Empagliflozin confers kidney-protective benefits after acute MI
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Haymarket Media
Sep 09, 2024
A reduced risk was seen for total hospitalizations for heart failure, total adverse events of heart failure or all-cause mortality.
Customer service key to keeping new residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 09, 2024
Prospective senior living residents have certain expectations when it comes to quality of life and communications, meaning that providers need to up their customer service game to keep their residents,...
Luxury senior living communities can attract younger, active boomers
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Natalie M. Ruiz, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, CDT
Sep 09, 2024
For older adults aged 65 to 75, senior living providers have a tremendous opportunity to create communities that empower residents to continue their active lifestyles, embrace new experiences and enjoy...
Senior living, home care add jobs, while positions in nursing homes decline
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 09, 2024
Long-term care saw mixed results in the employment situation summary for August, released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Adjunctive IV argatroban, eptifibatide do not cut disability after stroke
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Haymarket Media
Sep 06, 2024
The findings were seen among patients with acute ischemic stroke who were treated with intravenous thrombolysis within three hours after symptom onset.
Comfortable retirement may be out of reach for many
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 06, 2024
Respondents to a recent survey expect to retire, on average, at age 63, and many of them may retire with less than half the funds they believe they’ll need, meaning that “a comfortable retirement will...
Psychological resilience protects against earlier death in older adults
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Haymarket Media
Sep 05, 2024
The findings were seen when adjusting for demographics, clinical factors and health-related behaviors.
Readmission varies with discharge setting for adult sepsis survivors
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Haymarket Media
Sep 05, 2024
A high risk for 30-day readmission was seen with discharge to skilled nursing facilities, home health care and home.