Medical Assistant honored for supporting patients, colleagues | News

PLATTSBURGH — A Medical Assistant renowned for her unwavering support of colleagues while ensuring patients with diabetes get the care they need has been honored as the latest recipient of…

Former nurse assistant at Medilodge charged in patient’s death

A former certified nursing assistant at Medilodge of Richmond has been charged in connection to the death of a patient in 2021. The Michigan Department of Attorney General announced the…

Nursing assistant jailed for shove that led to dementia patient’s death

BALTIMORE — A healthcare employee was sentenced to seven years behind bars following the death of a 75-year old patient in Northeast Baltimore. Police began investigating May 18 last year,…

After crash flipped ambulance on 8 Mile, state police took over bleeding patient’s care

ROYAL OAK TOWNSHIP, MI — State police took over first aid for an individual who was being transported by an ambulance that was struck and overturned at an intersection here…

IBD Patients Utilize Health Care Services in Presymptomatic Phase

A new analysis shows patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) utilize health care services, including emergency departments and specialists, more in the years prior to the IBD becoming symptomatic. A…

Organizing care for diabetes patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

Published in PLOS ONE, University of Minnesota Medical School researchers explored how high performing primary care practices organized care for patients with diabetes during the first months of the COVID-19…

Hospitals often reap profits in places where many patients carry medical debt : Shots

Aerial view of downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Some hospitals in Texas and around the U.S. are seeing high profits, even as their bills force patients into debt. Of the nation’s…

Intervention Reduces Aspirin Use in Patients with AF, VTE Taking Warfarin, Improves Outcomes

A multicenter aspirin deprescribing intervention substantially reduced excess aspirin use amid sufferers addressed with warfarin for atrial fibrillation (AF) and/or venous thromboembolism (VTE) who had no obvious sign for concomitant…

Probiotic Supplements Found to Ease Parkinson’s Constipation in Trial | Use of Supplements ‘Significantly’ Improves Patients’ Quality of Life

Probiotic supplements had been found to simplicity several actions of constipation in people today with Parkinson’s sickness in a modest medical trial. In accordance to scientists, the use of these…

Maimonides Hospital Power Struggle Boils Over as Patients Young and Old Endure ‘Traumatizing’ Care

On one side are allegations of mismanagement, self-enrichment and poor performance putting Brooklyn residents in danger. On the other is a dismissal of these complaints as a disinformation campaign —…