“In a recent federal government study on the quality of care in nursing homes, 91% of all nursing homes were cited for deficient care between 2005 and 2007– the most recent years for which final data is available. Not surprisingly, deficiencies were greater in number at for-profit homes than at those operating as non-profit institutions.” […]
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December 11, 2008 Two men lost their lives in a recent North Carolina car accident involving one car, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. The driver of the vehicle lost control of the car, crossed the center line, and hit a nearby boulder. The car went airborne, flipped several times and landed in the lake. Authorities
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“Pressure ulcers are increasingly common in U.S. hospitalizations. In 2006, there were 503,300 hospital stays during which pressure ulcers were noted—a 78.9 percent increase from 1993 when there were about 281,300 hospital stays related to pressure ulcers. During this same time period, the total number of hospitalizations increased by only 15 percent. Stays with a
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From Anne Duvoisin, Attorney/Partner, HensonFuerst Nursing Home Practice: “The Nursing Home Transparency Act is now pending before Congress. Blog viewers are encouraged to review the full bill via the link below, and they are strongly encouraged to contact their Congressional delegates in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives to urge this
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December 9, 2008 The News and Observer reported that a recent North Carolina car accident left one man dead and another with serious injuries. One man was driving down the road Saturday night when he drove off the right shoulder, overcorrected, and hit a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. The driver of the first
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Bone formation appears to be controlled by serotonin, a chemical previously known mainly for its entirely separate role in the brain, researchers are reporting. Osteoporosis affects 10 million Americans over age 50. It results in bone loss, and its hallmark is fragile bones that break easily. But in a paper published online Wednesday in the
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A new federal rule gives states sweeping authority to charge premiums and higher co-payments for doctors’ services, hospital care and prescription drugs provided to low-income people under Medicaid. The rule is expected to save money for the federal government and the states. But public health experts and even some federal officials predicted that many low-income
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“For the depressed public, it should be another reason to take one’s symptoms seriously and look for treatment,” said study co-author Stephen Kritchevsky, director of the Sticht Center on Aging at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. People with depression were twice as likely as others to gain visceral fat — the kind that surrounds
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December 2, 2008 The Gaston Gazette reported that a recent North Carolina car accident left a little boy and his father pinned in a pickup truck Sunday afternoon. The man was driving his truck down the road when he hydroplaned and hit a nearby guard wire, tearing off part of the truck in the North
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Recent studies show that elderly patients taking Avandia, or also known as rosiglitazone, have a 15% higher death rate than those taking a similar drug Actos, also known as pioglitazone. Specifically, the drug appears to increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes or other cardiovascular events. While additional research is suggested by the medical community,
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