Accelerating smoking elimination could prevent millions of deaths by 2050
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HealthDay News
Oct 04, 2024
Additional benefits would be seen for extended life expectancy from birth.
Gurwin takes Best of Show as 2024 McKnight’s Tech Awards honors dozens of winners
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James M. Berklan
Oct 04, 2024
Sixteen long-term care technology programs and the individuals and companies behind them were honored Thursday as Gold medalists at the 14th annual McKnight’s Tech Awards ceremony.
Bipartisan bill would ease long-term care workforce shortage, advocates say, but ‘there’s more to...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 04, 2024
Legislation introduced last week by Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Morgan McGarvey (D-NY) aims to boost the nation’s shortage of nurses, nurse aides and other healthcare professionals.
Plan ahead to keep pace with connectivity needs of health technology for residents
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Todd Johnstone
Oct 03, 2024
As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, senior living communities must prioritize connectivity to ensure the experience and well-being of their residents.
Impact of dockworker strike on medicine, medical device supply currently assessed as ‘limited’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2024
Supply chains could be disrupted by striking dockworkers at the country’s East Coast and Gulf Coast seaboards, but the Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that preliminary assessments...
Omnicare parent CVS Health to lay off almost 3,000 employees
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 01, 2024
CVS Health, the parent company of long-term care pharmacy Omnicare, is planning to lay off approximately 2,900 employees as it faces “continued disruption, regulatory pressures and evolving consumer...
Two bills providing a roadmap for federal efforts to respond to and fund Alzheimer’s research and programming unanimously passed in the US House of Representatives last week and now are awaiting President...
Heroes emerge as providers enter Hurricane Helene recovery mode
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 01, 2024
Heavy rains pelted the southeastern United States for several days after Hurricane Helene hit the Florida Gulf Coast. And although some areas experienced life-threatening conditions and flooding, senior...
Governor vetoes private equity bill that would have affected healthcare transactions
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 01, 2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Saturday vetoed a bill that would have required private equity firms and hedge fund organizations in the state to provide advance notice to the state’s attorney general...
Time-restricted eating improves glycemic regulation in metabolic syndrome
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HealthDay News
Sep 30, 2024
Time-restricted eating Improved HbA1c by −0.10% compared with standard-of-care nutritional counseling alone.