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Dialysis May Do More Harm Than Good
October 15, 2009 4:34 PM by Heather Simons

A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine questions whether dialysis is the best treatment for nursing home patients. As reported by USA Today , more than half of older nursing home residents die within a year of starting dialysis and "nearly Read More...

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Reliable Nursing Home Information Lacking
September 29, 2009 11:52 AM by Heather Simons

Reliable information on the quality of nursing homes is hard to come by these days, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times . Currently, a Web site called Nursing Home Compare , which was created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Read More...

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