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NewsPoor follow-up with depressed patients linked to readmissions
A quarter of Ontarians (25 percent) hospitalized for depression boomeranged back to the hospital with an emergency room visit or readmission within 30 days, according to a new study published in the Read more...
Treat depression to improve diabetic outcomes
It's a patient's mental state, not his blood glucose, that clinicians should tackle first, researchers found in a study just published online in the journal Medical Care. That's the upshot of a Read more...
Depression lessened for heart disease patients with collaborative program
A hospital-initiated collaborative care program to treat depression, a common condition among cardiovascular disease patients, helped those patients show improvement with their depression, anxiety, Read more...
Depression in nurses is depressing me
As you may have read this week in FierceHealthcare, two new studies suggest that nurses working in hospitals are much more susceptible to depression than their counterparts in clinics, schools or Read more...
Do high-volume facilities cause depression in nurses?
Nurses are among the most respected professionals in society and among the hardest working in healthcare. But they also are subject to high patient loads, a lack of respect from superiors, and long Read more...
Depression risk increases for doctors at internship phase
Specific life events, genetics and internship situations are associated with an increase in depression for new doctors during the medical internship phase, according to a new study published in the Read more...
Study: Depression in aging cancer patients should be treated in primary care
Far too often, primary-care doctors miss classic signs of depression when screening patients for other conditions. This week, a study makes note that one particularly vulnerable group is elderly Read more...
U.S. mental health spending rising rapidly
U.S. mental illness spending is rising faster than spending on any other category of healthcare, according to new data released this week by the HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This Read more...
Study: 60 percent of healthcare professionals don't talk about insomnia
Approximately 30 million Americans suffer from chronic insomnia, but six in 10 doctors don't feel that they have enough time to have a discussion with their patients about the problem, according to a Read more...
Study: More than half of insureds on chronic-care meds
A new study suggests that for the first time, more than half of insured Americans are regularly taking prescriptions for chronic health problems. The most popular drugs include those used to lower Read more...
| Press ReleasesNew Tool Helps Bring Proven Health Programs to More Older AmericansOnline Assessment Speeds Adoption of Programs for Falls Management, Depression, and More WASHINGTON, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Council on Aging (NCOA) has developed a Read more >> |
