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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...
How to Choose the Right Yoga Mat
If you have been practicing yoga for many years, you likely started with a basic mat, which was pretty much the only thing available. Now, however, there are numerous options for yoga mats suitable to everybody, age, and skill level. But how do you know which yoga mat...
Re-entering Society: How Incarcerated Women Face the World
One of the dark truths about re-entering society after being incarcerated as a woman is that the community does not always welcome you back with open arms. You have to face many problems, and it will be a long time before you ever start feeling comfortable. You must...
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Mum is first UK patient to trial new MS treatment
2 hours agoShareSaveLouise ParryShareSaveLucy North/PA MediaA biology teacher and mother-of-two has become the first UK patient to receive a "gamechanger" therapy to treat multiple sclerosis (MS).Emily Henders, 37, from Bushey, Hertfordshire, was treated at University...
Listen: Amid Shutdown Stalemate, Families Brace for SNAP Cuts and Paycheck Limbo
Listen: Health care has been at the heart of the federal government’s shutdown. KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared on WAMU’s Oct. 22 “Health Hub” to explain the health care compromises some lawmakers want before they will agree to...
GOP Talking Point Holds ACA Is Haunted by ‘Phantom’ Enrollees, but the Devil’s in the Data
The idea that Affordable Care Act marketplaces are riddled with fraud has become a major talking point among Republicans, as lawmakers in Congress argue about whether to extend the enhanced tax credits that are helping offset the cost of health care marketplace...
Reports of OCD among under-25s triple in 10 years
7 hours agoShareSaveNat Wright,health producer and Sophie Hutchinson,health correspondent ShareSaveBBCThe number of 16-24 year olds in England reporting symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, has more than tripled in a decade, BBC analysis of NHS data has...
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Nutrition Programs Face Their Own Shutdown
The Host Health programs are feeling the pinch of the ongoing government shutdown. Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and the food program for women, infants, and children, WIC, is likely to run out in November, and cuts at the Centers...
Resident doctors announce five-day strike in November
The British Medical Association has announced a fresh round of strikes in England after talks broke down again with the government.The union and government have been in dialogue throughout the summer and early autumn since the last walkout at the end of July.But the...
CQC chief resigns over maternity failings
Sir Julian Hartley, Chief Executive the Care Quality Commission which is the independent regulator of all health and adult social care services in England, has resigned. The announcement comes just days after an independent inquiry into maternity care at the Leeds...
When a Hearing Aid Isn’t Enough
Kitty Grutzmacher had contended with poor hearing for a decade, but the problem had worsened over the past year. Even with her hearing aids, “there was little or no sound,” she said. “I was avoiding going out in groups. I stopped playing cards, stopped going to Bible...
Officials Show Little Proof That New Tech Will Help Medicaid Enrollees Meet Work Rules
This summer, the state of Louisiana texted just over 13,000 people enrolled in its Medicaid program with a link to a website where they could confirm their incomes. The texts were part of a pilot run to test technology the Trump administration says will make it easier...
Menopause screening to be included in NHS health checks from next year
12 hours agoShareSaveNick TriggleHealth correspondentShareSaveGetty ImagesMenopause screening is to be officially incorporated into NHS health checks in England for the first time.Women getting the checks - offered to adults aged 40 to 74 every five years - will be...
I thought my insides were falling out: The condition affecting one in 12 mums
12 hours agoShareSaveYasmin RufoBBC NewsShareSaveHelen LedwickWhen Helen Ledwick typed "why do my insides feel like they're falling out" into Google a decade ago, she had no idea that search would mark the beginning of a life-changing journey.The former BBC 5 Live...
Call for allergy pens in schools after boy’s death
19 hours agoShareSaveEleanor MaslinEast Yorkshire and LincolnshireShareSaveFamily handoutA mother is urging the government to "act immediately" to roll out spare allergy pens in schools after her five-year-old son died from a reaction to cow's milk.Benedict Blythe,...