Nursing Home Care
Nursing Home Care: Nursing homes are a type of residential care that provide around-the-clock nursing care for elderly people. ... Nursing homes offer other services such as planned activities and daily housekeeping services. Nursing homes may also be referred to as convalescent care, skilled nursing or a long-term facility.
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FEB 05, 2019Cardiology
FEB 05, 2019An ongoing study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has found that walking cadence is a reliable measure of exercise intensity. This allows resea...Written By: Abbie ArceJAN 21, 2019Cardiology
JAN 21, 2019Social isolation, defined as a lack of meaningful contact with others, is a risk factor for poor health and a higher death rate in older adults. As a perso...Written By: Abbie ArceJAN 09, 2019Cardiology
JAN 09, 2019Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD) is known to cause pain or discomfort in the legs upon exertion. This is just one component of what makes it difficult for...Written By: Abbie ArceJAN 06, 2019Health & Medicine
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JAN 01, 2019We all know that timely access to healthcare is fundamental to good health. Still, rural residents at home and abroad face a multitude of barriers. Today,...Written By: Abbie ArceDEC 07, 2018Videos
DEC 07, 2018You've probably heard of norovirus before; it's a highly contagious family of viruses that can sicken large groups of people....Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2018Chemistry & Physics
OCT 26, 2018Early October, a 96-year old New Yorker of East European descendence passed away in a small northwest town. To those who don't know, he seems to be jus...Written By: Yin (Daniel) DuanJUN 27, 2018Health & Medicine
JUN 27, 2018Pregnancy and childbirth carry some risks, as any medical condition or event would, but most women who give birth have successful outcomes, healthy babies,...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 05, 2018Drug Discovery
JUN 05, 2018Up to 40% of people die from a viral hemorrhagic disease and until now physicians cannot agree if the only treatment available, an antiviral drug by the na...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 03, 2018Videos
MAY 03, 2018Scabies is a condition that results when human itch mites burrow under the skin and bite. It's not just one or two mites that show up either. They lay eggs...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 19, 2018Plants & Animals
MAR 19, 2018Audrey, a female Masai giraffe from Santa Barbara Zoo in California, gave birth to a healthy female calf Wednesday afternoon. In a public statement issued...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 03, 2018Immunology
JAN 03, 2018Every year around this time, warnings of flu season reach their peak. Experts estimate that around 200,000 people every year are hospitalized due to flu in...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 27, 2017Microbiology
OCT 27, 2017Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are a group of bacteria that have high levels of resistance to specific antibiotics known as carbapenems. Car...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 15, 2017Neuroscience
JUN 15, 2017While there are many neurodegenerative diseases that can devastate patients and families, Huntington’s disease remains one of the more severe conditi...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 01, 2017Neuroscience
JUN 01, 2017Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? In the summer of 2014, Pete Frates, a former Boston College basketball star, came up with an idea to raise funds and awa...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 05, 2017Microbiology
MAR 05, 2017Alarm bells have been ringing all over the world about drug-resistant superbugs, which are expected to pose a huge threat to human health in the coming dec...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
DEC 20, 2016Six new patients in Colorado were diagnosed with infection of a superbug known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). Even scarier, the patients...Written By: Xuan PhamMAY 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
MAY 18, 2016Turning back to nature’s marine medicine cabinet, scientists at the University of South Florida (USF) may have found a new chemical that can beat the...Written By: Xuan PhamMAY 16, 2016Plants & Animals
MAY 16, 2016It’s not every day that a Walrus gives birth to a walrus pup inside of an aquarium in Canada. In fact, it’s never happened before in Canada at...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2016Neuroscience
MAY 10, 2016While most of the scientific and medical community is focused on research into the causes and treatments for dementia, there is another part of the disease...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 11, 2015Neuroscience
NOV 11, 2015The term “earworm” is used to describe what if feels like when a song gets stuck in your head. It’s happened to all of us. Perhaps a song...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 11, 2015Plants & Animals
SEP 11, 2015It’s long been known in the medical community that gardening can have a positive effect on patients dealing with depression, chronic pain, stress and...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 05, 2015Health & Medicine
AUG 05, 2015Human norovirus is a member of the Caliciviridae family of viruses which are single-stranded RNA nonenveloped viruses that cause acute gastroenteritis in h...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 10, 2015Plants & Animals
JUN 10, 2015A recent birth at the Queens Zoo in New York City belongs to the mother of the smallest species of deer in the world; a pudu. This species of deer is typic...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
FEB 05, 2019
Cardiology
FEB 05, 2019
An ongoing study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has found that walking cadence is a reliable measure of exercise intensity. This allows resea...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 21, 2019
Cardiology
JAN 21, 2019
Social isolation, defined as a lack of meaningful contact with others, is a risk factor for poor health and a higher death rate in older adults. As a perso...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 09, 2019
Cardiology
JAN 09, 2019
Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD) is known to cause pain or discomfort in the legs upon exertion. This is just one component of what makes it difficult for...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 06, 2019
Health & Medicine
JAN 06, 2019
Elder abuse “includes physical, sexual or psychological abuse, as well as neglect, abandonment, and financial exploitation of an older person...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
JAN 01, 2019
Cardiology
JAN 01, 2019
We all know that timely access to healthcare is fundamental to good health. Still, rural residents at home and abroad face a multitude of barriers. Today,...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
DEC 07, 2018
Videos
DEC 07, 2018
You've probably heard of norovirus before; it's a highly contagious family of viruses that can sicken large groups of people....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
OCT 26, 2018
Early October, a 96-year old New Yorker of East European descendence passed away in a small northwest town. To those who don't know, he seems to be jus...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
JUN 27, 2018
Health & Medicine
JUN 27, 2018
Pregnancy and childbirth carry some risks, as any medical condition or event would, but most women who give birth have successful outcomes, healthy babies,...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 05, 2018
Drug Discovery
JUN 05, 2018
Up to 40% of people die from a viral hemorrhagic disease and until now physicians cannot agree if the only treatment available, an antiviral drug by the na...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 03, 2018
Videos
MAY 03, 2018
Scabies is a condition that results when human itch mites burrow under the skin and bite. It's not just one or two mites that show up either. They lay eggs...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 19, 2018
Plants & Animals
MAR 19, 2018
Audrey, a female Masai giraffe from Santa Barbara Zoo in California, gave birth to a healthy female calf Wednesday afternoon. In a public statement issued...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 03, 2018
Immunology
JAN 03, 2018
Every year around this time, warnings of flu season reach their peak. Experts estimate that around 200,000 people every year are hospitalized due to flu in...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 27, 2017
Microbiology
OCT 27, 2017
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are a group of bacteria that have high levels of resistance to specific antibiotics known as carbapenems. Car...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUN 15, 2017
Neuroscience
JUN 15, 2017
While there are many neurodegenerative diseases that can devastate patients and families, Huntington’s disease remains one of the more severe conditi...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 01, 2017
Neuroscience
JUN 01, 2017
Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? In the summer of 2014, Pete Frates, a former Boston College basketball star, came up with an idea to raise funds and awa...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 05, 2017
Microbiology
MAR 05, 2017
Alarm bells have been ringing all over the world about drug-resistant superbugs, which are expected to pose a huge threat to human health in the coming dec...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
DEC 20, 2016
Six new patients in Colorado were diagnosed with infection of a superbug known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). Even scarier, the patients...
Written By:
Xuan Pham
MAY 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
MAY 18, 2016
Turning back to nature’s marine medicine cabinet, scientists at the University of South Florida (USF) may have found a new chemical that can beat the...
Written By:
Xuan Pham
MAY 16, 2016
Plants & Animals
MAY 16, 2016
It’s not every day that a Walrus gives birth to a walrus pup inside of an aquarium in Canada. In fact, it’s never happened before in Canada at...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2016
Neuroscience
MAY 10, 2016
While most of the scientific and medical community is focused on research into the causes and treatments for dementia, there is another part of the disease...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 11, 2015
Neuroscience
NOV 11, 2015
The term “earworm” is used to describe what if feels like when a song gets stuck in your head. It’s happened to all of us. Perhaps a song...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
SEP 11, 2015
It’s long been known in the medical community that gardening can have a positive effect on patients dealing with depression, chronic pain, stress and...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 05, 2015
Health & Medicine
AUG 05, 2015
Human norovirus is a member of the Caliciviridae family of viruses which are single-stranded RNA nonenveloped viruses that cause acute gastroenteritis in h...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUN 10, 2015
Plants & Animals
JUN 10, 2015
A recent birth at the Queens Zoo in New York City belongs to the mother of the smallest species of deer in the world; a pudu. This species of deer is typic...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
