Congress will be under extreme pressure to cut funding from programs this year, including Medicaid, said immediate past Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson on Tuesday.
Memory lapse improves with hormone therapy, study says
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Haymarket Media
Dec 04, 2006
Older women who suffer from memory loss can benefit from hormone therapy, according to new research.
Nurse shortages escalate hiring challenges at providers’ regional offices
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 15, 2023
Large skilled nursing chains are finding it increasingly difficult to hire and retain regional staff amid a nursing shortage and changing attitudes about work-life balance.
Hormone therapy strengthens bones, protects against bone loss: study
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Alicia Lasek
May 11, 2023
Hormone therapy in postmenopausal women increases lumbar spine bone density, protecting against bone loss even after the prescriptions are discontinued, a new study has found.
Thompson new VP at Life Care Centers
Jul 23, 2013
Life Care Centers of America has named Raymond Thompson as vice president of its Northwest Division. Based in Federal Way, WA, Thompson will oversee 29 skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation and Alzheimer’s...
FDA tells makers of hormone replacement to add another label warning: dementia
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Haymarket Media
Feb 11, 2004
The Food and Drug Administration told makers of hormone replacement therapies Tuesday to add another warning to labels that hormones may increase older women’s risk of Alzheimer’s or other...
Thompson named ED at Swenson
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 18, 2018
Raymond Thompson has joined the management team as executive director of Swenson Healthcare in Tacoma, WA.
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Dale Thompson
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Liza Berger
Sep 21, 2020
When pivotal programs are put into place, it becomes easy to forget there was a time without them.
HHS officials downplay likelihood of Medicare cuts
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Haymarket Media
Nov 11, 2004
Congress is not likely to have the political appetite to reduce Medicare spending to ease the federal budget deficit next year, said Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson on Tuesday.
ZPICs: Dangerous and ready to take down providers
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 24, 2012
Healthcare reform: No matter how much you may loathe it, there’s no way around how certain ideas, like pay for performance, aren’t going away.