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Can Calcium and Vitamin D Prevent Hip Fractures?; Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia; Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee; Refractory Asthma and TNFConnection?; FDA Actions
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Cardiovascular disease affects 25% of the U.S. population. It is responsible for more than 1 million deaths each year, which makes it the number one killer in the United States. Fifty percent of men and 64% of women who suffer from sudden cardiac death have no previous history or symptoms of heart disease.
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Researchers created a simple, three-visit intervention to assist caregivers of cancer patients who are in hospice because of advanced cancer.
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When the West Virginia School of Nursing needed a new instructor for its parish nursing Internet class, the woman who had been teaching the course approached two officials with Hospice Care Corp. of Arthurdale, WV.
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More than 10% of all sentinel events reported to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations relate to medication error.
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New research shows that a three-session, educational intervention with caregivers of cancer patients in hospice can significantly improve the caregivers' quality of life and reduce burden related to the patients' symptoms and duties.
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A Pennsylvania hospice reduced its denial rate by more than 80 percent after instituting a formal educational program that taught staff how to properly document patients' need for hospice care.
