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'Confusion' Complicates Hospitalization of Elderly
Title: 'Confusion' Complicates Hospitalization of Elderly Category: Health News Created: 8/18/2017 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 8/21/2017 12:00:00 AM
14 minutes ago - MedicineNet - 2 articles
More dementia patients in A&E over lack of care home beds
A study by King's College London found the number of later-stage dementia patients making emergency visits to hospital jumped by 62 per cent between 2008 and 2013.
1 hour ago - Daily Mail - 2 articles
Implementation of a perioperative surgical home protocol for pediatric patients presenting for adenoidectomy
The perioperative surgical home is a patient-centered model designed to improve health, streamline the delivery of health care, and reduce the cost of care. Following the...
1 hour ago - International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Contact sports cause noticeable brain changes
Researchers at St Michael's Hospital in New Jersey found that body contact and brain damage are directly correlated - with sports that involve more contact causing more...
2 hours ago - Daily Mail
Cardiac arrest sufferers in Heart Safe Communities more likely to receive bystander CPR and AED
Allina Health researchers say individuals in Heart Safe Communities who suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests are four times more likely to receive chest compressions and...
5 hours ago - News Medical - 2 articles
Screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces mortality risk
Contrary to current guidelines, new research published in Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that colorectal cancer screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces risk for...
7 hours ago - Healio
Most parents don't do this one thing that will prevent sudden infant death syndrome
If you became a parent in the past 20 years, chances are you've heard the recommendation that it's safest to put your baby to sleep on her back . But it seems less than half of...
8 hours ago - Today's Parent - 3 articles
Take a Number: Hospitals Are Clogged With Patients Struggling With Opioids
As President Trump declares a national emergency, new data indicates hospitalizations for problems linked to prescription and illicit opioid abuse have risen sharply.
8 hours ago - NY Times
Researchers explore ways for computers to help improve patient care
Doctors are often deluged by signals from charts, test results, and other metrics to keep track of. It can be difficult to integrate and monitor all of these data for multiple...
10 hours ago - News Medical
UK's Destiny Pharma Taps AIM Market to Fund 'Superbug' Drugs
British biotech firm Destiny Pharma is aiming to raise more than 10 million pounds of new equity to develop drugs that target antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, or...
15 hours ago - Medscape
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More dementia patients in A&E over lack of care home beds
A study by King's College London found the number of later-stage dementia patients making emergency visits to hospital jumped by 62 per cent between 2008 and 2013.
Looking Out for 'Signature' Causes of BRCAness in Breast Cancer Cells
Signature 3 presence or absence in breast cancer cells helps classify the rare BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations as harmful or not, reveals a new study.
Heart Safe Program Enhances CPR and AED Use in Participating Communities
Heart Safe program has been effective in helping communities and also play a significant role in providing citizen CPR education and AED placements
Exposure to outdoor light at night can increase breast cancer risk, claim...
Women who reside in areas with plenty of outdoor lighting at night may want to reconsider their living situation. The researchers behind a recent Harvard study uncovered a link...
Online opportunities-not loss of big account-drove finished products shift...
A shift in market dynamics-not a legal dispute with a key customer-is what drove ChromaDex to try for a second time the finished products route for one of its branded ingredients.
Calcium may not help prevent bone loss in men
Bone Mineral Density and rates of bone loss showed no association with dietary calcium intake in men, according to a recent study in British Journal of Nutrition.
Eating Disorders Linked To History Of Theft
Convictions could increase a patient's stress and anxiety, interrupt treatment and hamper recovery.
High blood pressure is on the rise in children and teens
The American Academy of Pediatrics released new guidelines to help detect high blood pressure in children and teens. This is after a study revealed that 3.5 percent have...
Of Course Donald Trump Stared Right Into The Eclipse Without Glasses
Donald Trump photographed enjoying the eclipse - without glasses Donald Trump did that thing that scientists have been warning us about for weeks: stared straight into the sun...
Parents are failing to put babies to sleep on their backs
Less than half of the babies in the US sleep on their backs all the time, despite doctors' warnings to parents that this sleeping position decreases a baby's risk of dying of SIDS.