A healthy diet may help prevent kidney disease … Blood pressure and prostate treatment may prevent or slow Parkinson’s … Hormone therapy tied to decreased diabetes biomarkers … Artificial intelligence...
Study links hormone to asthma-obesity
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 01, 2013
Obese people may be prone to asthma because of a hormone called leptin, a new Columbia University study has found.
Learn about quality during Oct. 25 CE-approved webinar
Oct 19, 2016
Both assisted living and skilled nursing providers face increasing challenges in recruiting and retaining workers. Staff turnover can hurt both clinical quality measures, and financial outcomes.
Researchers tout drug combo that builds bone density
By
Haymarket Media
Aug 17, 2005
New bone can be formed by a regimen that includes taking a hormone followed by a prescription drug for extended periods of time, scientists say. The discovery could lead to fewer fractures, particularly...
Ecumen names Alam senior vice president, CFO
Sep 17, 2019
Morshed “Mo” Alam has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer at Shoreview, MN-based Ecumen, effective Sept. 30.
Study: Cost of developing a new drug tops $1.1 billion
Dec 26, 2012
Much has been written about the high cost of drugs. Less has been publicized about how much it costs to get medications to market. Such costs topped $1.1 billion in the 2011-2012 season, according to a...
LTC advocates pushing lawmakers for delay of competitive bidding program
May 31, 2013
The National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care is hosting its annual “Congressional Fly-In” on Wednesday in Washington. NASL leaders remind providers and other stakeholders that...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, July 11
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 11, 2023
This cheap air monitor can spot COVID-19 variants in 5 minutes … Vitamin D could lower heart attack risk, large study says … Study: Hormone therapy ups risk for dementia, Alzheimer’s
A honk and a wave and it’s summer break
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 25, 2019
If it’s after lunch and it’s a school day, everyone at Suwannee Valley Nursing Home knows where to find residents Kenneth Neff and Eileen Thompson.
Nurses union to FDA: Mask decontamination never should have been OK’d
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 29, 2021
The reuse of N95 respirators and other single-use PPE is unsafe, according to the lead hygienist of National Nurses United. The union is heartened by President Joe Biden’s promise to use the Defense...