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The Naples Daily News reports 47 residents of ManorCare Health Services, a 118-bed nursing home in East Naples, Florida became ill late last week from what could be the Norwalk virus with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea. Read the new article here. Norwalk virus, from the norovirus class, can cause acute gastroenteritis in humans and…

I saw in an article today in USA Today, a man with drug-resistant TB decided to take a trip a couple of weeks ago and now at least two countries are scrambling to locate people who might have traveled near him. Health officials want to alert those individuals that they may have come in contact…

This morning I read an abstract in the Journal of the American Geriactrics Society – June 2007 publication. While you cannot access the entire study without a subscription, it seems recent studies reflect older women with depression, have higher bone loss than woman who are not depressed. AND the study concludes that anti-depressents are not…

Grandma is in the local nursing home for rehab after she broke her hip. A pressure ulcer develops, or she gets a UTI, diabetes is uncontrolled or something else happens. Who is looking after her? WHO IS THE BOSS? Well, the Medical Director of the nursing home is – right? Maybe. In a nursing home…

Researchers have announced they found six new sites of variation on the genome that increase the risk of breast cancer. The discovery means “a sizable fraction of the overall genetic risk of breast cancer may now have been accounted for, and much of the rest could be captured in a few years.” This announcement is…

According to an article in the New York Times, researchers have found that if they turn off a gene that is associated with Alzheimer’s, mice become smarter in the lab. The researchers said the mice “were far more adept at sensing environmental changes than other mice.” Dr. James Bibb led the study which used genetic…

A recent report prepared for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by the RAND Corporation examines nursing home selection statistics in six states. The purpose of the report was to determine how the million-plus elders headed for senior care every year make their choices. Researchers determined that generally consumers do not take full…

We have handled many cases through the years where a patient was needlessly injured or killed during surgery due to a lack of communication between the surgeon, anesthesiologist, operating nursing staff and other medical professionals who are present in many surgeries. Operating on the wrong leg or side of the brain are just two examples.…

The owner and manager of a Palmetto, Florida nursing home has been arrested on a charge of neglecting an elderly person in connection with a large lesion found on the face of a resident. According to a report from the Palmetto Police Department, 85-year-old Ronald Larsen began living at the Palmetto Guest House in June,…

I wrote a short blog article on April 6, 2007 (link to article) about how some long term care insurers are quick to take your premium payment and slow and dilatory in paying benefits. The New York Times published a great article on this problem which is becoming all too common. I was recently contacted…