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- Researcher Develops Healing Bandage 6:48pm Nov 19
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A Penn State researcher has developed a bandage material made from microbial cellulose that the body can absorb. He has developed a method to incorporate enzymes with the bandage that break down the cellulose in a controlled way, according to the Penn State Live news source...
The following is a guest blog from Kevin R...
A study released last month shows that older adults who don't have much experience using the Internet show changes in their brain activity after only one week online. These findings, which were presented Oct...
My favorite part of the conference came to a dramatic finish yesterday afternoon, as the winners of the food and design challenges were announced on the exhibit hall floor...
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Watch this interactive audio slideshow on the Faces of Breast Cancer. http://long-term-care.advanceweb.com/edi
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This interactive audio slideshow provides in-depth profiles of breast cancer survivors.
AAHSA honored several individuals and LTC communities in this morning's general session...
My first day at AAHSA has been a whirlwind, with so much to see and do in the lecture halls and on the exhibit hall floor! A big hit last year, the Chef Challenge and Last Designer Standing competitions are in full swing...
The following is a guest blog from Anthony Cirillo: In his latest book Warren Bennis raises questions about the nature of leadership....
At a press briefing today at AARP's Washington headquarters, AARP Chief Executive A...
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Sick Economy: http://bit.ly/2hk390 Over 46 million people living in the United States have no health care
coverage. Worse yet, the jobless rate is at a record high as the
recession's effects sweep across the nation, leaving patients without
insurance and stressing medical facilities with increases in emergency
department a...nd community clinic visits. In this exclusive video report,
watch as physicians, patients and insurance experts explain how the
turbulent economy is sickening our nation's health as Americans rally
for change and health care reform.Read More
coverage. Worse yet, the jobless rate is at a record high as the
recession's effects sweep across the nation, leaving patients without
insurance and stressing medical facilities with increases in emergency
department a...nd community clinic visits. In this exclusive video report,
watch as physicians, patients and insurance experts explain how the
turbulent economy is sickening our nation's health as Americans rally
for change and health care reform.Read More
A new study from PHI, a national non-profit organization working to strengthen the health care services workforce, reveals that less than one-fifth of Massachusetts direct-care workers (nursing home assistants, home health care aides and personal care attendants) are enrolled in employer-sponsored ...
We all know that washing our hands is the best way to guard against the spread of germs. But there are several other measures that can also help protect us from contamination...
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Check out this multimedia package on health care and the recession. http://long-term-care.advanceweb.com/Art
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The economic meltdown coupled with the plummeting real estate market is making some Americans more than a little worried: It's making them sick.
Women's bodies generate a stronger antibody response to the H1N1 vaccine than men's do, so only half the vaccine may be needed to immunize them, according to an op ed piece in the N.Y. Times. "If we could give women a smaller dose, there would be more vaccine to go around," say authors Sabra L....
The CDC is just beginning to understand why so little H1N1 virus is available to Americans in need, reports National Public Radio. First, vaccine manufacturers didn't have the reagents to know how much active ingredient was in production...
