Nursing homes and residential care facilities are undergoing a sea change as the many benefits of aging in place are seen, and people are beginning to refuse to leave their homes.
Several different kinds of tumors can grow in bones: primary bone tumors, which form from bone tissue and can be malignant (cancerous) or benign (not cancerous), and metastatic tumors
We think of dementia as the overarching destruction of the brain resulting in an inability to perform daily tasks or interact appropriately, but that’s not always the case.
While medicine has become more advanced and specialized, it has also become increasingly fragmented. For people is hard-to-diagnose conditions, that's another obstacle to care.
There may be a dose-related effect of omega-3 fatty acids on atrial fibrillation risk. In high doses there appeared to be an increase in risk for atrial fibrillation in the omega-3 groups (versus control) in both trials.