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.
Rate pressures force home medical equipment suppliers to reduce business, survey reveals
By
Adam Healy
Aug 08, 2024
Declining Medicare reimbursement for home medical equipment has led to unsustainable challenges for many suppliers.
Estimated U.S. annual cost of initial cancer screening $43 billion in 2021
Aug 05, 2024
The major drivers of the total estimated costs of screening were the amounts paid to the facilities where the testing occurred.
National Healthcare Corp., Brookdale report second-quarter results
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 12, 2024
Brookdale Senior Living held a second-quarter earnings call Friday morning, and National Healthcare Corp. reported second-quarter financials electronically.
Two-thirds of COPD hospitalized patients misuse inhalers
Aug 23, 2024
Most misuse inhalers were due to a critical error in the inhalation technique.
Pelvic floor yoga not superior for women with urinary incontinence
Aug 26, 2024
Total urinary incontinence frequency decreased by 2.3 episodes per day with yoga and 1.9 episodes per day with physical conditioning.
Economic worries are top stressor for 15 percent of older adults: survey
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 28, 2024
Fifteen percent of older adults participating in a new survey ranked economic insecurity as the top driver of their stress or anxiety over the past 12 months, and 31% listed it among their top three stressors.
Meet Rachel Shearer, 2024 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Foster Stubbs
Aug 09, 2024
Rachel Shearer, senior vice president of operations at Ignite Medical Resorts in Park Ridge, IL, is a Hall of Honor inductee in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
CDC presents characteristics of residential care community residents
Aug 07, 2024
75% needed assistance with bathing, 71% with walking and 62% with three or more activities of daily living.
Study supports home telemedicine-based hospital care
By
Donna Shryer
Aug 27, 2024
A recent study published in PLOS ONE revealed promising outcomes for patients receiving home telemedicine-based hospital care. The research, conducted at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, compared traditional...