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We have said it here before but the main problem with nursing homes is that the owners refuse to hire enough staff to provide good care for the residents. The corporations which own America’s nursing homes put profits ahead of people. This recent article about a state owned nursing home in Arizona documents more of…

There I go again – reading the Washington Post… and what did I find? An article about a topic I am very interested in. Drug Companies and their relationships with physicians. Read here:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/28/AR2007042800896.htmlThe author, Christopher Lee, writes about a recently published study in the New England Journal of Medicine, which reflects 94 percent of doctors…

Is your local hospital constantly reducing its staff to make more money? My local hospital, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, is the largest hospital in western Virginia and is constantly trying to reduce it costs and increase its profits. Overcrowded hospitals that are pushing too hard to streamline and cut costs are putting their patients at…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is examining whether Eli Lilly & Company provided it with accurate data about the side effects of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa, a potent medicine that has been linked to weight gain and diabetes. The FDA has questions about a Lilly document from February 2000 in which the company found…

A new report from the Alzheimer’s Association says there are more than 5 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer’s disease today. That is a substantial increase, from the estimated 4.5 million people with Alzheimers in 2002. (see http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=65701).Researchers estimate that number will climb to 14 million people by 2050, unless a…

I know, not a topic you want to research, hear about or blog about… but it happens, and more than you think. Sadly, with elderly patients there is a very low level of reporting and subsequently, few criminal charges filed. Why is that, you may ask? If the individual has Alzheimers or Dementia, they may…

There is some new technology on the horizon for women. For many years the gold standard for breast screening has been the mammogram. However, while many doctors believe the mammogram has saved lives the biggest problem has been the discomfort which results from the required compression of breast tissue. A new technology called digital breast…

Today I read about an Oklahoma Nursing Home who received a new resident from the state penal system when he was found incompetent to stand trial. Not a joke, a younger man charged with 4 homicides is now living on the Alzheimer’s unit of a nursing home facility with someone’s grandmother. http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=6416844. Are you shocked?I…

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported in 1998 that nursing homes repeatedly harm residents without facing sanctions. Unfortunately, a new report due out next week reaches the same conclusion. The Bush administration rarely uses its authority to deny payment to homes with a history of compliance problems and typically imposes fines far less than the…