Rights Of Nursing Home Residents
June 17, 2011
Many nursing home residents feel a loss of control and a loss of dignity when they become residents of nursing homes. No longer can they come and go as they please, eat what they want and when they want, go to sleep in their own bed, or control who enters their room and when. But people do [&helli[...]
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Preventing Birth Defects
June 15, 2011
While not all birth defects are preventable, there are certain things a woman planning to become pregnant or a woman already pregnant can do to lower the risks of certain birth defects. One of the simplest and most beneficial proactive steps that a woman planning to become pregnant or already preg[...]
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Birth Defects – Some Basic Facts
June 14, 2011
About 1 in 33 babies born in the United States have a birth defect, which is a leading cause of death for infants (1 out of 5 infant deaths are caused by birth defects). Birth defects also increase the risk of illnesses and long term disability. Most birth defects happen during the first 3 months o[...]
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Direct-To-Consumer Advertising Of Drugs
June 13, 2011
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription medications has been an issue since the late 1990s when the large pharmaceutical companies greatly increased their DTC advertising of their new drugs. Prior to the 1990s, the drug companies mainly focused their marketing efforts on those who pres[...]
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Nursing Home Falls
June 11, 2011
There were 1.5 million people age 65 and older who lived in nursing homes in the U.S. in 2003, and that number is expected to rise to 3 million by the year 2030. About 5% of adults 65 and older live in nursing homes but they account for 20% of all deaths from falls in people 65 and […][...]
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What Is Autism And What Are The Symptoms?
June 10, 2011
Austism, which is formally known as autism spectrum disorder and goes by the initials ASD, is not one condition but a whole range of very complex neurological developmental disorders, the most severe of which is autistic disorder. Asperger syndrome, which is marked by difficulty in social interacti[...]
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New Drugs For Melanoma Patients
June 6, 2011
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. Failure to timely diagnose melanoma is often fatal. More than 68,000 people were diagnosed with melanoma in 2010 and about 8,700 died from melanoma. The standard chemotherapy drug, dacarbazine, which is the only FDA-approved drug for melanoma, is ef[...]
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