An antibody cocktail that halts disease progression in sick COVD-19 patients has been shown to prevent the disease altogether in healthy people who live in close contact with an infected person, the drugmaker...
Ask the treatment expert: recognizing stage II and III pressure ulcers
By
Donna Sardina
Mar 01, 2009
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC President, Wound Care Education Institute
Study shows simple foot exercises significantly decrease seniors’ risk of falls
Mar 10, 2009
Seniors who perform simple ankle and foot exercises a few times per week can noticeably improve their strength and balance, according to recent research.
Guidelines for pressure ulcer prevention to be introduced at conference
Feb 27, 2009
New international guidelines for performing prevalence and incidence studies on pressure ulcers will make their debut today and Saturday at the Biennial Conference of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory...
Study: Internet stimulates the elderly brain
Nov 04, 2008
The Internet contains many important things–instantaneous communication, unlimited access to information and the often-honored McKnight’s Web site (www.mcknights.com), among them. But researchers...
Nursing home quality coalition heading into overtime
Oct 23, 2008
The Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes campaign-a nationwide, voluntary quality improvement initiative-celebrated its second birthday this week.
Let there be light: New therapy could fix damaged, aging skin
Oct 22, 2008
A new type of light therapy could repair old, sun-damaged skin on the molecular level, according to a recent study.
Study kills theory, discovers vitamin B not as helpful as thought against Alzheimer’s
Oct 16, 2008
Vitamin B may be a general guardian of good health, but new research finds that it does little in the way of reducing the debilitating effects of Alzheimer’s disease.
New infection control guidelines released; MRSA, c. Diff and urinary tract infections figure prominently
Oct 10, 2008
Many of the nation’s most prominent infection-control groups on Wednesday released a new set of “consensus” guidelines to help curb the spread of six potentially fatal facility-acquired...
Study: More affluent ZIP codes consistently see higher rates of surgery survival among the elderly
Oct 01, 2008
Seniors in more impoverished areas of the country are significantly more likely to die after surgery than their wealthier neighbors, according to recent research.