The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living Center (AHCA/NCAL) released a consumer fact sheet on the use of antipsychotic medications for residents living with dementia in skilled nursing and assisted living. ÛÏThe long term care profession has made significant progress in safely reducing the off-label...
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Eat Dirt – Researchers Come "CLEAN" About Alzheimer’s – Better Hygiene, Higher Risk (VIDEO)
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Eat Dirt – Researchers Come "CLEAN" About Alzheimer’s – Better Hygiene, Higher Risk
Hmm. Hmm. Good Microbes. With all the emphasis on hand hygiene to prevent infection and the whole hullababllo over hospital acquired infections comes this story.Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Department of Anthropology, University of Utah have suggested that better hygiene leads to more risk of Alzheimer’s Disease.The ÛÏhygiene...
Early Onset Dementia Traced to Mostly Preventable Adolescent Risk Factors
Hard to think that at 65 you can have dementia. Somethingin the wiring going haywire. Some attribute it to genes. This study suggests otherwise. From my about.com blog… I have been running into more and more people who have early onset dementia. It is a sad reality. A new JAMA...
Live to 120? Can We? Do You Want To? (VIDEO)
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Live to 120? Can We? Do You Want To?
Businesses can be 120. Why not you? From my about.com blog…Pew Research issued an intriguing report – Living to 120 and Beyond: Americans’ Views on Aging, Medical Advances and Radical Life Extension.åÊ Let’s take a look at these trends. By 2050, according to U.S. Census Bureau projections, one-in-five Americans will...
American Recall Center New Resource for Consumers (VIDEO)
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American Recall Center New Resource for Consumers
You may want to check out The American Recall Center. It provides drug and medical device recall information alongside practical healthcare information and support. They are building a comprehensive resource for timely and trusted material regarding healthcare topics that matter to the consumer. You can find pertinent information on FDA...
Is Your Doctor Advising You About Sunscreen?
Physicians mention sunscreen at a low rate during patient visits, even to patients with a history of skin cancer, according to a study by Kristie L. Akamine, M.D., Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C., and colleagues. Researchers used the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to identify patient visits to...