Nursing home awarded Music & Memory grant
MURFREESBORO – Northside Health Care Nursing & Rehabilitation Center was one of seven nursing homes statewide to win a grant to implement the Music & Memory Certification Program. Awarded by…
Monthly Archives: August 2015
You’re Still Not Eating Enough Vegetables
Americans are not getting close to eating enough fruits and vegetables daily, a new government report finds. Guidelines are clear — people should get a cup and a half to two…
Tag, You’re It: The Benefits of RFID in the Hospital Environment
The time nurses spend searching for equipment is quickly becoming a thing of the past, thanks to a technology that operates over the same network that serves hospital laptops and…
Indiana Parents Rally to Demand Answers About E. coli Illnesses and Death
Concerned parents in Rochester, Indiana rallied at the courthouse last night to demand answers about E.coli illness and the E. coli death of a 9-year-old girl. Five E.coli illnesses are associated with…
ART OF AGING: DREXEL NURSING STUDENTS CARE FOR SENIORS
UPPER GWYNEDD, Pa. (WPVI) — Students in Drexel’s accelerated nursing program spend a stint at Foulkeways, a retirement community in Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. Colleen Fries is a senior nursing student….
NIH study finds cutting dietary fat reduces body fat more than cutting carbs
In a recent study, restricting dietary fat led to body fat loss at a rate 68 percent higher than cutting the same number of carbohydrate calories when adults with obesity…
London – Star Trek-Style Home Elevator Could Replace Stairlifts
London – For people living in a house with more than one story, stair-lifts or home elevators are often a necessity of life as they get older and find it…
7 people with Legionnaires’ disease have died in NY outbreak
NEW YORK (AP) — The death toll from an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has risen from four to seven people, city health officials announced Monday at a public town hall…
FDA Clears First 3-D Printed Prescription Drug
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first prescription drug made through 3-D printing: a dissolvable tablet that treats seizures. Aprecia Pharmaceuticals said Monday the FDA approved its drug…