Health Conditions

News Roundup – 5-31-2021 (Including link to the National Memorial Day Concert)

On May 31, 2021, Xavier Becerra, Secretary of U.S. Health & Human Services, wrote to Celebrate Older American's Month by…

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NIH Special Issue of News in Health

The National Institutes of Health recently published its News in Health Special Issue Collecting Popular Stories from past issues that…

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Recent Round Up – Week of May 24, 2021

Administration for Community Living releases 2020 Profile of Older Americans. The Profile of Older Americans is an annual summary of…

4 years ago

Alzheimer’s Disease: Diagnosing and Stages

From UCTV: Dr. Geroges Naasan explores the principal clinical syndromes of Alzheimer's Disease: memory, visual, language and frontal/executive. He also…

4 years ago

Nursing Assessment: Head-to-Toe (Video)

The head-to-toe assessment in nursing is an important physical health assessment that nurses perform. In a nursing home, 42 CFR…

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Tuberculosis (TB) Symptoms, Treatment, Causes, Nursing NCLEX Review

From Registered NurseRN: Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis symptoms can include coughing that…

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The Apartment Preview – April 30, 2021

The Alzheimer's Foundation of America recently announced its newest educational initiative: The Apartment–a full scale model studio residence designed to…

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Brain’s waste removal system may offer path to better outcomes in Alzheimer’s therapy

On April 28, 2021, the National Institutes on Health published a news release titled Brain’s waste removal system may offer…

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Lack of sleep in middle age may increase dementia risk

The National Institutes of Health posted: "Changes in sleep patterns are common in people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.…

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Advancing the Science Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research, Rebecca Edelmayer, PhD

Video from 2019 on Alzheimer's and dementia research

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