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  • Pet Therapy and Seniors

    The American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Foundation, the non-profit research and education arm of AMDA, invites you to meet two dogs that have a key role in caring for long term care facility residents. Come meet Sophie and Tessa and hear from their owner, a facility medical director, and other physicians about the power of pets in their ...
    Posted to ADVANCE Perspective: LTC (Weblog) on March 8, 2010
  • Are Residents Refusing Stinky Meds?

    If your residents are not complying with their metformin medication schedule, it could be the smell, which has been described as similar to dead fish. Many diabetics report nausea when taking the commonly prescribed drug, but doctors have not associated it with the odor. Read more here.
    Posted to ADVANCE Perspective: LTC (Weblog) on February 22, 2010
  • Test Yourself for Cancer?

     A University of Missouri researcher is developing a tiny sensor, known as an acoustic resonant sensor, that is smaller than a human hair and could test bodily fluids for a variety of diseases, including breast and prostate cancers. Read more here: http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Features/2010/20100217-HomeDetectionKit.htm.  
    Posted to ADVANCE Perspective: LTC (Weblog) on February 19, 2010
  • Hi-Tech Memory

    As a person who loses keys, purses, my wallet and possibly even a child or two, I will definitely need this high-tech medication reminder: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/02/pills.medication.compliance/index.html?hpt=C2.  
    Posted to ADVANCE Perspective: LTC (Weblog) on February 16, 2010
  • Exercise and Healthy Eating Still Important

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    Posted to ADVANCE Perspective: LTC (Weblog) on January 27, 2010
  • Is Health Care a Right or a Privilege? Part 1 - Pro

    Once upon a time before the Military-Industrial-Government Complex, Americans were mostly rural and relied on direct sources of food, water, fuel, and shelter. Personal involvement in and responsibility for those needs has decreased with the transformation from direct personal sourcing modes to control of sourcing by corporate operations. That ...
    Posted to Clinical Corner (Weblog) on July 20, 2009
  • Multivitamins don’t protect against cancer, heart disease

    Using multivitamins does not protect against cancers or heart disease, according to an eight-year study of 161,808 postmenopausal women, which appears in the Feb. 9th issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine. The study analyzed data on women in their 50s and up who participated in long-running government studies on postmenopausal women. Almost ...
    Posted to ADVANCE Perspective: LTC (Weblog) on February 10, 2009