‘I lost three and a half stone and now realise life is so much more than weight’ Independent.ie Six months ago I started down the path to health and as write this, my final instalment, I feel a huge sense of pride in my achievement. With my elate.ie team beside me every step of the… Read More »
Benefis Health System, a nonprofit, independent health system based in Great Falls, Montana, serves a 38,000 square mile region with many very rural communities. This means the health system has many patients looking to access care. Further, the health system has nearly 300 employed providers, so scheduling patients with providers across multiple locations can be… Read More »
THURSDAY, April 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) — The death rate for older Americans receiving dialysis for kidney failure may be nearly twice as high as widely thought, according to a new report. For the study, researchers looked at 391 Medicare patients, aged 65 and older, who started dialysis, in which a machine is used to… Read More »
According to the latest statistics1 by the American Heart Association (AHA), nearly half (48 percent) of all American adults have some form of cardiovascular disease (CVD) — a classification that includes high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, heart failure and stroke — and deaths from CVD are again on the rise, after decades of being… Read More »
General Electric expects to sell off almost half of its health unit — substantially upping its original plans — as the struggling conglomerate looks to generate cash and reduce its massive debt, according to GE CEO Larry Culp.
Taylor Internal Medicine in Selma, Alabama, was using a computerized cognitive assessment tool that just was not working as well as staff would have liked to see such a tool function. The biggest frustration was the time it took to administer a test; this was long and difficult for staff and patients. The tool also… Read More »
Some mysteries of development are still unsolvedJohn Fedele/Blend/Getty By Michael Le Page “If we have more children, will they also have the disorder?” That’s the question parents ask after discovering their child has a developmental disorder – and it looks as though providing an answer is going to be even more complex than we thought.… Read More »