Pressure Sores
(Bedsores) (Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - July 15, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
5 minutes with Jon Winer, CEO of Tollos Inc.
Jon Winer
Company: Tollos Inc.
Title: President and CEO
Where he grew up: Philadelphia
Education: Bachelor's from Haverford College; Doctorate of law from Columbia Law School
Jon Winer and his company, Tollos Inc., are trying to make health care easier.
The Owings Mills company makes robotic patient lifts that hospitals can use to help nurses move patients from one location to another, assist them in using the bathroom and flips them in the hospital bed to prevent bed sores. Having one of… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - July 11, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Jonathan Munshaw Source Type: news
How Marijuana Can (Potentially) Help Fight Against Alzheimer's
This study had led the scientists to discover the beneficial effect of endocannabinoids like THC.
Although these results are only the beginning to finding a way to successfully fight Alzheimer's, the data from other existing research involving marijuana and Alzheimer's support these findings and make this a plausible treatment in the near future. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. (Source: Science - The Huffington Post)
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 30, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Retired matron died from infected bedsores that Lichfield care home staff failed to notice
Myfanwy Osborne, 83, had gone into Beechfields Nursing Home in Lichfield, West Midlands, to recover after treatment for bowel problems. Her family has been awarded £20,000 following her death. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Are You Getting the Best Health care? Evidence Says: Maybe Not
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health Problems Can Plague Seniors After Cancer Surgery
Researchers find falls, broken bones, bed sores more likely in older patients (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - February 25, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Nursing, Oncology, Rheumatology, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, News, Source Type: news
Health Problems Can Plague Seniors After Cancer Surgery
Researchers find falls, broken bones, bed sores more likely in older patients (Source: U.S. News - Health)
Source: U.S. News - Health - February 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health Problems Can Plague Seniors After Cancer Surgery
Researchers find falls, broken bones, bed sores more likely in older patients
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Related MedlinePlus Pages: Cancer, Seniors' Health (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Injuries and other health concerns are more common in older people after certain cancer surgeries
Older people who undergo cancer surgery are more likely than their younger counterparts to experience injuries and health issues such as falling down, breaking bones, dehydration, bed sores, failure to thrive and delirium. These age-related issues may lead to longer hospital stays, increased health care costs and a greater risk of death, a UCLA study found.
These problems can occur in addition to post-surgery complications, making them much more challenging to handle and more difficult for people to recover from. The study also found that they are especially frequent in people who undergo major abdominal surgery for canc...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 16, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Injuries and other health concerns are more common in older people after certain cancer surgeries
(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) Older people who undergo cancer surgery are more likely than their younger counterparts to experience injuries and health issues such as falling down, breaking bones, dehydration, bed sores, failure to thrive and delirium. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - February 16, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Providing patient centered pressure ulcer care
A pressure ulcer (pressure sore, bed sore, decubitus ulcer) is a “localised injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue usually over a bony prominence, as a result of pressure, or pressure in combination with shear”,
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Source: Nursing in Practice - July 23, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Kerrie Schofield Tags: Wound care Source Type: news
Decubitus ulcers and ligature marks as evidence in a homicide case - Cuculic D, Sosa I, Petaros A.
When abuse, maltreatment and neglect are suspected, a proper physical examination is essential. This is even more important at autopsy, when there is no possibility to gain information from the alleged victim and where the forensic pathologist has to link ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 22, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Ultrasound accelerates skin healing – especially for diabetics and the elderly
Healing times for skin ulcers and bedsores can be reduced by a third with the use of low-intensity ultrasound, scientists from the Universities of Sheffield and Bristol have found. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - July 13, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, Research, International; Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences, School of Biochemistry; Press Release Source Type: news
Ultrasound accelerates skin healing, especially for diabetics and the elderly
Healing times for skin ulcers and bedsores can be reduced by a third with the use of low-intensity ultrasound, scientists have found. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 13, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Ultrasound accelerates skin healing -- especially for diabetics and the elderly
(University of Sheffield) Healing times for skin ulcers and bedsores can be reduced by a third with the use of low-intensity ultrasound, scientists from the University of Sheffield and University of Bristol have found. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
