ill in Medical News

Corbin Bleu Asks Fans to Join Him in Brightening the Lives of Seriously Ill Children

LOS ANGELES, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Starlight Children's Foundation is pleased to announce that Corbin Bleu, the organization's national spokesperson, has started a fundraising campaign to encourage his fans to get involved with Starlight and support its mission to help seriously i...

'Cell Phone Elbow' -- A New Ill for the Wired Age

Cubital tunnel syndrome results from prolonged flexing of the elbow, experts say TUESDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- First came Nintendo thumb. Then, Guitar Hero wrist. Now, for the latest affliction of the wired age, it's cell phone elbow. Medically known as cubital tunnel syndrom...

$1.5 million awarded for palliative care research to improve care of seriously ill patients

New York, NY The American Cancer Society and the National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC) are awarding $1.5 million in research grants to researchers at eleven institutions for studies aimed at reducing suffering for seriously ill patients and their family caregivers. The studies will be ...

Low vitamin D causes problems for acutely ill patients

A group of endocrinologists in Sydney have observed that very sick patients tend to have very low levels of Vitamin D. The sicker they are, the lower the levels. Dr Paul Lee, Professor John Eisman and Associate Professor Jackie Center, researchers at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Researc...

Critically Ill Patients Lack Vitamin D

Almost half of those in ICU had deficient levels, study shows WEDNESDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D levels are deficient in many critically ill patients, new research shows. In a small study, Australian researchers found that almost half of people in an intensive care un...

Report Finds an Alarming Number of Chronically Ill Patients - Over 93 Percent - Reporting Medical Debt Crisis Issues in 2008 Have Some Form of Insurance

New trend findings of "underinsured" patients based on successful resolution of more than 48,000 cases by national, non-profit Patient Advocate Foundation in 2008 NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) - a national non-profit organization that...

At Least 20 Dead, Hundreds Ill in Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico

Officials don't yet know if the virus is the same that sickened seven people in California, Texas FRIDAY, April 24 (HealthDay News) -- Mexican officials took extraordinary steps Friday to try to contain a swine flu outbreak that has killed at least 20 people, and possibly dozens more, ...

At Least 16 Dead, Hundreds Ill in Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico

Officials don't yet know if the virus is the same that sickened seven people in California, Texas FRIDAY, April 24 (HealthDay News) -- Mexican officials took extraordinary steps Friday to try to contain a swine flu outbreak that has killed at least 16 people, and possibly dozens more, ...

Surveyed Experts Indicate That Xarelto Has Advantages Over Lovenox in the Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in Medically Ill Patients

Xarelto Will Earn Decision Resources' Clinical Gold Standard Status for VTE Prophylaxis in 2012, According to a New Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthc...

Link between religious coping and aggressive treatment in terminally ill cancer patients

BOSTON In a new study of terminally ill cancer patients, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found that those who draw on religion to cope with their illness are more likely to receive intensive, life-prolonging medical care as death approaches treatment that often entails a lower qualit...

Chantel 'Chani' Christie Will Donate Proceeds From Her Top-Selling Debut Album 'My Dream' to the Children of Terminally Ill TV Star Jade Goody

Encourages others to help the children of Jade Goody who will be left behind without a mother HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- American teen pop star, Chantel "Chani" Christie who recently won the 2009 Martin Luther King Jr. Executive Award for Excellence in Hip-Hop, is set to donat...

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. and MTV Games Make a Donation to Starlight and Bring Rock Band(R) to Thousands of Seriously Ill Children

- Harmonix and MTV Games give a minimum $50,000 contribution and more than 650 Rock Band(R) bundles in support of Starlight Children's Foundation programs LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. and MTV Games are making a generous minimum $50,000 gift to Starlight Ch...

Family members of critically ill patients want to discuss loved ones' uncertain prognoses

Critically ill patients frequently have uncertain prognoses, but their families overwhelmingly wish that physicians would address prognostic uncertainty candidly, according to a new study out of the University of San Francisco Medical Center. "Our interviews revealed that caregivers appear to ...

New survey: More than half of US chronically ill adults skip needed care due to costs

New York, NY, November 13, 2008Compared to patients in seven other countries, chronically ill adults in the United States are far more likely to forgo care because of costs; they also experience the highest rates of medical errors, coordination problems, and high out-of-pocket costs, according to ...

Music Therapy Improves Well-Being of Very Ill Patients

Study finds even family members appear to benefit TUESDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to music therapy can dramatically improve the mental and physical condition of patients receiving palliative care, a new study suggests. The research team says that this is the first larg...

Patient Data Analysis Report Finds More Than 75 Percent of Chronically Ill Patients Unable to Obtain Needed Healthcare Have Some Form of Insurance

New trend findings of 'underinsured' patients based on successful management of nearly 45,000 cases by national, non-profit Patient Advocate Foundation in 2007 NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) -- a national non-profit organization provid...

The SCOOTER Store Donates Power Wheelchair to Terminally Ill Great-Grandfather in Missouri

Gift of Mobility Lets Korean War Veteran and Gardening Enthusiast Regain Mobility BONNE TERRE, Mo., June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the inside looking out is not where Sherman Pyatt, age 76, wants to be. With limited mobility due to a terminal lung illness, Mr. Pyatt is housebound and ...

Disease Management Programs that Focus on Needs of Chronically Ill Patients Can Provide Positive, Cost-Effective Results

SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Comprehensive patient care management techniques that include patient education, provider and care coordination and professional support can sharply reduce utilization, such as hospital days and emergency room visits, and overall costs ov...

Chronically Ill Patients Get More Care, Less Quality, Says Latest Dartmouth Atlas

The Fix? A Major Overhaul of Medicare LEBANON, N.H., April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Medicare pays many hospitals and their doctors more than the most efficient and effective health care institutions to treat chronically ill people, yet gets worse results, according to a new repo...

Spouse's Sickness Bodes Ill for Partner's Health

Stress of hospitalization may pose deadly burden SUNDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- It's called the "widow" or "widower" effect, and doctors have long been familiar with this curious but very real phenomenon: When a husband or wife dies, there's a greater likelihood that the surviving...

Token resuscitation attempts on hopelessly ill patients prolong suffering

Resuscitating hopelessly ill patients too slowly to save their lives can be an invasive and undignified procedure that prolongs death and suffering, according to the November issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing. Nursing ethics lecturer Jacinta Kelly, from Trinity College Dublin, has called for...

New Report Says a Pandemic is Overdue, But Companies and Nations are ill Prepared to Cope With the Impact

Ten Best Practices Offered to Overcome 'Pandemic Fatigue' LAS VEGAS, Nevada, September 27 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report issued today by Marsh and The Albright Group, two of the world's foremost risk experts, warns that the catastrophic impacts of a long-lasting pandemic are not only like...

Photos: America's Chronically Ill Children Have New Hope with 'Hot' Gift

WALLINGFORD, Conn., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- ThermoSpas, the country's largest hot tub retailer, announced that it is in search of 12 chronically ill children to give specially-designed therapeutic hot tubs to in 2008. Through its expanded Seasons of Giving program, the company will donate 12 ...

Longer ambulance journeys boost death risk for seriously ill patients

The further seriously ill patients have to travel by ambulance to reach emergency care, the more likely they are to die, reveals research in Emergency Medicine Journal. People with respiratory problems seem to be at greatest risk, the study indicates. The findings have implications for the U...

New Anesthesia May Be Safer for Critically Ill

Lab tests of MOC-etomidate detected no sudden drops in blood pressure THURSDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- A new variation of a common general anesthesia has been developed that may be safer for some patients. Preclinical studies done on rats put under with MOC-etomidate, a chemi...

Compassion fatigue: Impact on healthcare providers of caring for the terminally ill

INDIANAPOLIS Compassion fatigue in nurses, doctors and other front line cancer-care providers significantly impacts how they interact with patients, with patient families, with other healthcare workers, and with their own family, according to analysis by Indiana University School of Medicine and ...

Medicare Faces Challenges Caring for Chronically Ill

Initiatives to lower costs, improve service seldom work, study finds TUESDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Only a fraction of Medicare pilot programs aimed at cutting costs and improving care for people with chronic illness actually did the job, a new study shows. That doesn't necess...

Impact of narcotics is greater on mentally ill

Montreal, February 5, 2009 Narcotics have an irreversible effect on the brains of people already suffering from mental illness, according to Dr. Stphane Potvin of the Universit de Montral affiliated Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin at the Louis-H Lafontaine Hospital. According to his resear...

Health Integrated Unifies Care Community to Improve Physical, Psychological and Social Health of the Chronically Ill

Groundbreaking Synergy Connect(TM) links health plan, physicians and community to assist individuals with chronic illness TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Integrated, a pioneer in population health management, is actively helping people with chronic illnesses get the most medical a...

Economic Slump Heightens Need for Provider Vigilance in Care of Chronically Ill

Outreach to Maintain Patients' Health Status Essential as Many Forgo Basic Care WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As many Americans forgo prescription drugs, physician visits and other basic care in a slumping economy, the need to maintain continuity of care -- especially for th...

Highmark's SMART(TM) Registry Reports Aid the Chronically Ill

PITTSBURGH, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Studies show that regular monitoring of medications by physicians is an effective way to improve a patient's quality of health. Thanks to recent advances in the SMART Registry, physicians are now getting all sorts of information about their patients that the...

Louisiana Improves Law for Treating Mentally Ill

'Nicola's Law' Joins Growing Number of Measures Helping Those Suffering from Mental Illness ARLINGTON, Va., July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new law making it easier for someone with a severe mental illness in Louisiana to receive court-ordered outpatient treatment was signed by Governor ...

Humor plays an important role in healthcare even when patients are terminally ill

Humour can play an essential role in the most serious healthcare settings, even when patients are receiving intensive or end of life care, according to research in the April issue of the UK-based Journal of Clinical Nursing. Canadian researchers spent nearly 300 hours observing and carrying ou...

Guidelines Seek to Boost Study of Critically Ill

Barriers around informed consent are impeding lifesaving research, experts say WEDNESDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Heart experts have released new recommendations designed to increase the number of studies of critically-ill or injured patients who are likely to die without treatment. U.S....

NTSA's SimTV.org Broadcasts Video from Modeling & Simulation Event on Capitol Hill

SimTV.org, the Internet Modeling and Simulation Network, is broadcasting complete video coverage of simulated interactive research and training tools, systems and environments that were exhibited recently on Capitol Hill. Complete coverage of the event can be found at the www.SimTV.org/CapitolHi...

Dozens of Panamanians Gravely Ill from Toxic Substance from China

Tears streaming down her cheeks, Marta Menacho de Gonzalez recalls how she lost her father, mother and father-in-law to a cough syrup contaminated with a toxic substance imported to Panama from China. "It's very painful. The three had gone to seek medical help and were given poison instead," she s...

Employer Leave Helps the Parents of Chronically Ill Kids

According to a RAND Corporation study issued today,working parents are more able to care for their chronically ill children when given greater access to federal and employer-provided time off from their jobs. We found that having the time and financial flexibility to miss work is clearly impo...

Mentally Ill Patients are Affected by Their Own Negative Perceptions

Individuals often are culturally labeled as a mentally ill person, which can affect negatively their social and psychological well-being. This may result in a higher rate of unemployment, lower earnings and greater feelings of demoralization. Each year, one in four U.S. adults suffers from ...

Poor and Chronically Ill in Korea Pay More for Healthcare

Those who most need medical care in Korea but can afford it least spend a greater percentage of their income on health services, according to a Yale School of Medicine study published in the American Journal of Public Health. Low-income individuals with multiple chronic conditions are par...

Study Report On Ill Effects Of Soft Drinks

The National Level Expert Group in its report submitted to the Honble Supreme Court has provided details of possible harmful effects of: (i) Soft drinks/beverages and obesity (ii) Soft drinks/beverages and dental health (iii) Other health related effects due to consumption of...