USC Professor Earns $11 Million Grant to Study Stroke Recovery
... professor earns million grant to study stroke recovery Survival from stroke has improved thanks to better technology and treatment. But researchers at the University of South Carolina want to reverse the long-term effects the disease has on some patients who have trouble communicating with others. Read more on ColaDaily.com Big money in nursing home therapy, but is all the treatment necessary? In November 2013, Mission Viejo-based Ensign Group agreed to pay $ 48 million to settle a case involving allegedly false rehab claims at Sea Cliff Healthcare Center in Huntington Beach and five nursing homes in other Southern California cities. Read more on OCRegister Read ...
New Heroin Program Offers Addicts Help
... heroin program offers addicts help But even with rehabilitation services being offered, getting naloxone patients into detoxification clinics or rehabilitation facilities has so far proven difficult. Of 150 naloxone patients that Barnabas staff tried to convince to undergo treatment … Read more on Asbury Park Press Monmouth County completes .4M nursing home sale FREEHOLD – Monmouth County completed the $ 32.4 million sale of its nursing homes and turned over the operations of the two facilities to private vendors. New Jersey Department of … The John L. Montgomery facility is now Allaire Rehab and Nursing. Read more on Asbury Park Press Read ...
The Milwaukee Experiment
The Milwaukee Experiment According to the Vera study, prosecutors in Milwaukee declined to prosecute forty-one per cent of whites arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, compared with twenty-seven per cent of blacks; in cases involving prostitution, black female … Read more on The New Yorker Nationals Anthony Rendon Suffers Oblique Strain, Rehab Stint on Hold Major League Baseball(NEW YORK) — Just as he was nearing his return to the Majors, Washington Nationals second baseman Anthony Rendon suffered a strained oblique and will have to delay his rehab. “We're gonna have to slow his progress down a little … Read more on myCentralOregon.com Read more... ...
Advanced Physical Therapy: the Advancement of Physical Therapy in Town
Among the current and new developments in Atlanta physical therapy remedy for those who suffer from back and neck pains are known as spinal decompression. It is a development of the old machines used for spinal traction. The perception stays the same,even though people understand now, better, why this remedy works so better for most individuals who have those conditions. In addition, it is essential to understand why your spines hurt. In general, your spines hurt due to genetics, gravity and time that are combined to trigger your discs to tire out. At first, these alterations provide increase to irregular soreness. If you are fortunate, you will get through with your life without serious, continuous or immobilizing pain. However, some are really unfortunate as they experienced the constant pain from their neck and back. Read more... ...
Kenley Jansen Out 8-12 Weeks Following Foot Surgery
Kenley Jansen out 8-12 weeks following foot surgery Jansen will be on crutches for the next 10 days and in a protective walking boot for the next 3-4 weeks. In total, the rehabilitation process is expected to take 8-12 weeks. The hard-throwing closer can probably be ruled out for the entire first month … Read more on NBCSports.com Liberty Christian recognizes 10 seniors committing to collegiate sports She would like to major in communications or therapy/rehabilitation of small and large animals. “Liberty's tough standards have prepared me for my continuation of academics at Baylor,” she said. “Early and late practices disciplined my work effort as I … Read more on The Cross Timbers Gazette Read more... ...
It's Going to Be Terrible
It's going to be terrible #I recently read in the U-T that in San Diego, a record 190 people died from methamphetamine use last year. Heroin was the leading cause of drug-related deaths for people aged 25 to 34, and prescription-drug overdoses were the primary cause of … Read more on San Diego Reader Top Five: Here are 5 other great comebacks Robert Downey Jr.: After breaking out in the '80s in popular teen films like "Weird Science" and earning Oscar nomination for his work in 1992's "Chaplin," Downey spent years sputtering between drug arrests and trips to rehab. By 2001, he was clean and … Read more on Oroville Mercury Register Read more... ...
Depression in the Nursing Home (Mental Health Guru)
... in the Nursing Home (Mental Health Guru) – Despite the perception that being elderly leads to being lonely and sad, clinical depression is a mental illness that is not “normal” in anyone. http://menta… Family Practice Q & A Almost one-fifth of Americans do daily battle with crippling, chronic pain, a large new survey reveals, with the elderly and women struggling the most. Almost one-fifth of Americans do daily battle with crippling, chronic pain, a large new survey ...