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The Role Of Nurses In Detecting Elder Abuse And Neglect
Going through aging comes with many happy and positive moments. However, some seniors living alone and those in elderly care homes face different challenges that can impact their physical and mental health. Many have to deal with loneliness, anxiety, depression and...
What Causes A Low Libido?
Human desire fluctuates due to a complex combination of physiologic, psychological, and environmental variables. But occasionally, people may struggle with a decreased libido, a condition that might elicit worries and inquiries about its underlying reasons. This...
Car Accidents: What Is the Typical Settlement You Can Expect?
When a person asks how much they will get in a car accident settlement, attorneys cannot definitively answer this question. Many factors play a role in how much a person can expect to receive, and no two accidents are identical. The settlement is based in large part...
Renting is Cheaper than Buying, Even Among Rising Rent Prices
During the pandemic housing prices increased dramatically across the country. This was perhaps the result of record low interest rates and a limited housing inventory, as many housing projects were put on hold during uncertain times. Understanding the Pandemic’s...
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Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care
It’s a good day when Frank Lee, a retired chef, can slip out to the hardware store, fairly confident that his wife, Robin, is in the hands of reliable help. He spends nearly every hour of every day anxiously overseeing her care at their home on the Isle of Palms, a...
Doctors on (Video) Call: Rural Medics Get Long-Distance Help in Treating Man Gored by Bison
After he was gored by a bison, Jim Lutter got treatment from in-person ambulance medics and a doctor communicating from 140 miles away through a video system in the vehicle. (Arielle Zionts/KFF Health News) Lutter and his wife, Cindy, are among the 12 residents of...
NHS doing everything to avoid winter crisis, says Atkins
This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.By Sam FrancisPolitical reporterThe NHS is doing "everything" it can to avoid a winter crisis in the health service, the health secretary has said.There are signs the NHS...
Why Naga Munchetty is asking: ‘How are your periods?’
By Naga Munchetty5 Live presenter"What's wrong with me?" It's a question we've all asked at some point. We know when something isn't normal - we want to know why, and what can be done to make things better.For millions of women around the world who experience...
Boris Johnson to apologise to Covid Inquiry but say he got big calls right
Getty ImagesBy Chris MasonPolitical editor, BBC NewsBoris Johnson is expected to apologise to the Covid Inquiry next week and acknowledge the government did not get everything right during the pandemic.But the former PM will argue robustly that his government got many...
UK human swine flu case: Why now, and what’s next?
Getty ImagesBy Michelle RobertsDigital health editorEarlier this week, UK health officials confirmed a person in North Yorkshire had been infected by a new genetic strain of flu that's similar to one pigs get. The government agency in charge of protecting public...
Explosive DeSantis-Newsom Debate Reflects Nation’s Culture Wars
Fox News officially titled it “The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate.” But the faceoff quickly turned into a full-out political brawl between Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor who isn’t running for president; and Ron DeSantis, the Florida Republican...
‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Freshwater Fish, Yet Most States Don’t Warn Residents
Bill Eisenman has always fished. “Growing up, we ate whatever we caught — catfish, carp, freshwater drum,” he said. “That was the only real source of fish in our diet as a family, and we ate a lot of it.” Today, a branch of the Rouge River runs through Eisenman’s...
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Trump Puts Obamacare Repeal Back on Agenda
The Host Former president and current 2024 Republican front-runner Donald Trump is aiming to put a repeal of the Affordable Care Act back on the political agenda, much to the delight of Democrats, who point to the health law’s growing popularity. Meanwhile, in Texas,...
In Congress, Calls Mount for Social Security to Address Clawbacks
An investigation by KFF Health News and Cox Media Group gained further traction on Capitol Hill this week as additional members of Congress formally demanded answers from the Social Security Administration about billions of dollars it mistakenly paid to beneficiaries...
Norovirus: Winter vomiting virus cases rising
Getty ImagesBy Michelle RobertsDigital health editorWinter vomiting virus is doing the rounds in England, experts are warning. Every day last week, there were about 350 people in hospital with diarrhoea and vomiting symptoms, compared with 126 in the same week last...
FTC Chief Gears Up for a Showdown With Private Equity
A recent Federal Trade Commission civil lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest anesthesiology groups of monopolistic practices that sharply drove up prices is a warning to private equity investors that could temper their big push to snap up physician groups....