Dangerous profession: nursing home assistants report three times the injuries of other workers
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2018
Certified nursing assistants have one of the highest reported rates of injury across the country and in Ohio, according to a review of injury data and first-person stories reported this week by The (Cleveland)...
Clinics offering ‘miraculous’ treatment for diabetic foot ulcers hit with federal fraud charges
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2018
A federal grand jury has indicted the lawyer behind a ‘miraculous’ diabetes treatment widely panned as sham medicine.
GAO: Feds not doing enough to protect Medicare beneficiaries’ data
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 09, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to improve how it handles beneficiary data being shared with others, especially research organizations, according to a new report from the Government...
LGBT Americans worry about getting into, living in long-term care
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 09, 2018
More than 1 million Americans already over 65 identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans, but many in the generation behind them worry that now widely-accepted label may still make it difficult to find...
Back off the barista? Coffee may heighten Alzheimer’s symptoms
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 09, 2018
It’s not just cancer that could be lurking in your morning cup o’ Joe. Researchers in Spain have linked prolonged exposure to caffeine to worsening Alzheimer’s symptoms, at least in mice.
Research links heart failure to sleep disorder conditions
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2018
Severe sleep-disordered breathing is linked with stiffening of artery walls and may be related to heart failure. In a new study in ESC Heart Failure, arterial stiffness increased according to the severity...
Program helps dementia communication
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2018
A 10-week intervention to support couples affected by dementia shows coaching and role-playing can help improve communication between patient and caregiver. Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s...
Cool research: Pressure sore closed with frozen placenta
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2018
Cryopreserved membrane from human placentas helped close a hard-to-heal pressure wound in a series of case studies reported in the March issue of Wounds. Though the benefits of using human amniotic tissue...
Shock waves OK’d for some foot ulcers
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first shock wave device for use on individuals with diabetic foot ulcers. Sanuwave Health’s Dermapace System uses a handheld probe to deliver high-energy...
High court to consider case cutting unions’ forced fees
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2018
The nation’s highest court is considering a case that could weaken public unions’ dues collection efforts and ultimately limit their power. Mark Janus, an Illinois child support specialist,...