U.S. nursing homes have significantly reduced the use of powerful antipsychotic drugs among their elderly residents, responding to pressure from many directions. Yet advocacy groups insist that overmedication remains a major problem, and want the pressure to intensify. According to the latest data from the federal Centers for Medicare &… Read More
Hospitals begin to take new approach to elderly patients
When 86-year-old Carol Wittwer took a taxi to the emergency room, she expected to be admitted to the hospital. She didn’t anticipate being asked if she cooks for herself. If she has friends in her high-rise. Or if she could spell lunch backward. “H-C-N-U-L,” she said, ruling out a type… Read More
MLB to introduce expanded protective netting in all 30 ballparks
All 30 major league ballparks will have expanded protective netting that reaches to at least the far ends of each dugout by opening day. Major League Baseball made the announcement Thursday ahead of an owners’ meeting later in the day. Sponsored: Do THIS tonight and fall asleep in 6 minutes… Read More
Pharmacist convicted in meningitis outbreak sentenced to 8 years in jail
The pharmacist convicted in connection with a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak was sentenced to eight years in prison on Wednesday after he tearfully apologized to the victims for the pain and suffering they endured. The outbreak killed 76 people and nearly 800 people were sickened in what is considered the… Read More
CEOs team up to create new healthcare company
Amazon is diving into health care, teaming up with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and the New York bank JPMorgan Chase, to create a company that helps their U.S. employees find quality care “at a reasonable cost.” The business giants offered few details Tuesday and said that the project is in… Read More
Winter causing a big threat to U.S. fresh water? (Here’s why…)
When roads turn into ice rinks, consider trying beet juice, molasses, and even beer or cheese waste to make them safer. So say experts who fear road salt is starting to take a toll on the nation’s waterways, putting everything from fish and frogs to microscopic zooplankton at risk. Tossed… Read More
Supreme Court halts execution of inmate with dementia
The U.S. Supreme Court has halted the execution of an Alabama inmate whose attorneys argue that dementia has left the 67-year-old unable to remember killing a police officer three decades ago. Justices issued a stay Thursday night, the same evening that Vernon Madison was scheduled to receive a lethal injection… Read More
At 1:54 of this video, Americans will change their mind on Donald Trump
by Kylie Handler, editor At Tuesday’s White House briefing, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders shared a heartwarming video that will make even the most far-left individuals change their minds about President Donald Trump. The story of 9-year-old Sophia Campa-Peters stole Trump’s heart — and he knew that he must spread… Read More
Trump’s move may prompt GOP states to expand Medicaid
In an ironic twist, the Trump administration’s embrace of work requirements for low-income people on Medicaid is prompting lawmakers in some conservative states to resurrect plans to expand health care for the poor. Trump’s move has been widely criticized as threatening the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. But if states… Read More
Trump protecting medical providers that oppose abortions
Moving to solidify its standing with social conservatives, the Trump administration is creating an office to protect the religious rights of medical providers, including those who oppose abortion. The announcement Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services drew immediate criticism from Democrats who said it could undermine the… Read More
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