As the US population ages, more hospitals are implementing geriatric emergency department (GED) programs with specialized staff focused on transitional care for older adults aimed at reducing unnecessary hospitalizations and improving outcomes for this vulnerable patient population. A new study finds that providing specialized geriatric emergency care results in lower Medicare expenditures up to $3,200 per beneficiary.
Early tracheostomy could reduce recovery time in critical COVID-19, say researchers
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is primarily a severe pulmonary disease that can be fatal in a significant minority of cases. It leads to respiratory insufficiency in a larger number of patients, who have to be put on mechanical ventilation.
A new study by researchers at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA, reports the findings of a study on the safety of tracheostomy of critically ill patients and the feasibility of decannulation in most survivors. The researchers view this as a means to improve care in these patients.
Can t sleep? Treat yourself like a baby
1 Mar, 2021 06:00 AM
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Shhhhh. Don t wake the baby (you). Illustration / Marta Sevilla, The New York Times
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By: Jessica Grose
Can the five S s used to calm fussy babies swaddle, side or stomach position, shush, swing and suck also help grown-ups snooze? A reporter finds out. Last year was when I was finally going to get a good night s sleep. My youngest child was turning 4, and so the post-midnight disruptions for blanket fixes and stuffed-animal retrieval had ebbed. My work and home life were in predictable rhythms. On Tuesdays and Saturdays, I did hot yoga. I had a firm mattress recommended by many respectable online-review websites.
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Scientists from the Stanley Manne Children s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children s Hospital of Chicago found that a region within the DNA of the cancer-promoting GLI1 gene is directly responsible for regulating this gene s expression. These findings, published in the journal
Stem Cells, imply that this region within GLI1 could potentially be targeted as cancer treatment, since turning off GLI1 would interrupt excessive cell division characteristic of cancer. From previous research, we know that GLI1 drives the unrelenting cell proliferation that is responsible for many cancers, and that this gene also stimulates its own expression, says co-senior author Philip Iannaccone, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus at the Manne Research Institute at Lurie Children s and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. We established in living human embryonic stem cells that removing the GLI1 regulatory region eliminated GLI1 expression and halted its activity. Th
E-Mail Youth enrollment in Medicaid managed care across all states increased from 65 percent in 2000 to 94 percent in 2017. Across the country, receipt of preventive care for youth in Medicaid managed care increased from 49 percent in 2000 to 59 percent in 2017, falling short of the 80 percent annual goal set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Receipt of preventive care for youth in Medicaid managed care showed a significant increase in 17 states, a significant drop in six states, and no change in 28 states. Tennessee had the largest increase in preventive care associated with Medicaid managed care, while North Carolina showed the largest decrease.