Citing information from the National Center for Health Statistics, the New York Times reports with Venn diagrams to explain how Alzheimer’s disease, high blood pressure and heart disease overlap for those who reside at Assisted Living Facilities. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/04/16/science/disease-overlap-in-elderly.html?smid=pl-share
The Tampa Bay Times reports use of a Yacker Tracker at Tampa Bays two veterans hospitals. A Yacker Track “is a testing device that measure the decibel level on inpatient wards. Placed at nursing stations and looking like a red light signal, the device flashes red when the noise exceeds levels set by the hospital.” …
Keep your eyes on the spin factor as the fallout of CMS approval of Florida’s Medicaid Waiver expands. The Heritage Foundation post on Medicaid Reform shows how the politics of reform can be hyped. Florida’s Medicaid Reform Pilot is pro-patient and pro-taxpayer, and the Obama Administration agrees. ….The Florida reforms work by giving patients a …
The Rosenkranz Law Firm has sought to shift Vets from Medicaid to the VA health care system for almost 15 years. In a rare press release on the topic Kaiser Health News reports: “It is commonly accepted that many poor veterans and their families find themselves on Medicaid, even though, in many cases, they would …
On Dec 6 2011, Shirley S. Wang writes that there is some evidence that lefties “are better at divergent thinking or starting from existing knowledge to develop new concepts, which is considered an element of creativity.” In the next paragraph, however, she raises the point of a higher risk for schizophrenia. Left handed people are …