Winona Ryder took the world by storm in the 1990s. After breaking onto the Hollywood scene in 1988 after starring […]
Health systems support needed to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes
In a new editorial in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Kathleen Unroe, M.D., MHA, a geriatrician, is advocating […]
New database shows more than 20% of nursing homes still report staff, PPE shortages
Nearly half of all COVID-19 deaths in the United States have occurred among nursing home residents, whose age, chronic medical […]
Convenient spit test helps women assess cancer risk from the comfort of their own homes
Genetic testing for cancer risk can significantly improve the prevention or treatment of hereditary cancers, but studies have shown that […]
Brit in Wuhan says residents being arrested for leaving their homes
Briton in coronavirus-hit Wuhan claims residents are being tackled to the ground and arrested if they break strict curfews that […]
Government-funded day care helps keep seniors out of nursing homes and hospitals
Two mornings a week, a van arrives at the Escondido home of Mario Perez and takes him to a new […]
Poorer Care at For-Profit Nursing Homes, Study Claims
TUESDAY, Oct. 23, 2018 — Older adults who live in for-profit nursing homes are nearly twice as likely to have […]
Peta Bee: How quitting the gym made me feel fitter
Throughout the past 10 years, I have been a member of one health club or another. My serial gym-joining habit […]