Nursing Home Recreates Communist East Germany For Dementia PatientsJanuary 22, 2018 |
It’s said that time heals all wounds. But not for people afflicted with dementia like Gerda Noack. The 93-year-old German woman’s memory is fading, as is her eyesight
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Medscape National Physician Burnout & Depression Report 2018January 18, 2018 |
Burnout continues to be a pervasive problem among physicians
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People with severe mental disorders endure abuse around the world, caged, warehoused in institutions, and imprisoned. But those living chained to trees or concrete blocks in parts of Africa are among the most trapped, forgotten people on earth
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Gene-Expression Study Raises Thorny Ethical IssuesOctober 11, 2017 |
Project obtains tissues from recently deceased individuals to look for the origins of disease
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“The stress and overwhelming crushing defeat of these bills that would come in every week — it had an effect on our quality of life,” Chino says
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Patient Voices: ADHDApril 4, 2017 |
About 6.4 million children in the United States have been given diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But the condition is also being recognized more in adults. The challenges faced by those with ADHD are daunting and deeply personal. Here, in their own words, are the stories of adults and children coping with ADHD
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Cynthia Dwyer, a coordinator and a collaborator of ours in the Johns Hopkins’ Project Emerge, which is redesigning the ICU workflow, culture and technology, and Dr. Sean Berenholtz, a professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Hopkins, were interviewed for this radio show
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The morning after Christine Grounds gave birth to her son Nicholas, she awoke to find a neurologist examining her baby. It was summer 2006, and Nicholas was her first child. There had been no indication that anything was wrong during her pregnancy, but it was soon clear that there was a problem. “Did you know he has microcephaly?” she remembers the doctor asking matter-of-factly
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