6 more years? Good sleeping could hold off chronic illness
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 07, 2019
Seniors who don’t experience sleep disturbances could expect six years more of good health compared to those who report severe disturbances.
Study: Prioritize diagnosis for dysphagia
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 07, 2019
A group of researchers in Italy is calling management of dysphagia a priority issue for nursing homes after studying the swallowing disorder and its role in mortality.
Healing cells boost traction with new man-made scaffold
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2019
A new man-made molecule developed by British researchers could change the way traditional medical materials work with the body, giving cells a structure to grasp onto as they try to activate healing proteins.
Converting antibiotic may help diabetics
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2019
Researchers are studying whether a common antibiotic used to treat everything from acne to urinary tract infections could be converted to a powerful topical treatment for diabetic lower extremity wounds.
Feature: New payment model puts greater emphasis on speech language pathologists
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2019
Over the last several months, Bill Goulding has crisscrossed the country, talking to providers who are trying to figure out how the new skilled nursing payment model may benefit them and what changes they...
Autofluorescence shines light on wounds
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2019
Researchers at the University of Arkansas are using autofluorescence, the naturally occurring omission of light by cells, to diagnose and monitor chronic skin wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers and pressure...
Powerful bandage delivers shocking new study results
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2019
A new wound dressing uses a patient’s body movement to create gentle electrical pulses that stimulate healing.
Nearly a quarter of all aides foreign born
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2019
A new study finds more than 23% of home health, psychiatric and nursing aides were born outside the U.S., with nearly 9% non-citizens.
‘Neighborhoods’ network to manage medication, opioids
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2019
A new partnership in Indiana aims to improve quality and costs for the state’s Medicaid long-term care patients by targeting transitions and medication management in linked provider “neighborhoods.”
Staff texting can be a lifeline, but convenience comes with a cost, experts warn providers
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 03, 2019
Late last year, anyone using the right search terms could have stumbled onto an open database containing valuable text messages that should have remained private — including appointment and billing information...