Delirium — an acute but treatable syndrome — must be differentiated from dementia, which has a slow and chronic progression. A history of rapid functional change or change in patient behavior (e.g., ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conduct a study to (1) provide an overview of ways to collect information about ...

Jessica Nance, MD, MS, discusses the significance of surrogate end points, like functional assessments, in clinical trials of treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and their implications for ...

The most common reason skilled nursing facilities fail Section GG compliance is not clinical. It is a single character: a dash. According to CMS guidance ...

Calgary-based Healthflow Naturopathic (403-313-4354) recently updated its functional testing services to support earlier ...

Constipation and impaction from such common causes as limited fluid intake, decreased activity, and medication side effects are also important elimination concerns to discuss, as they can lead to ...