Collaborative efforts to prevent Alzheimer’s disease

An Introduction to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Efforts to Prevent Older Adult Falls

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CDC) envisions a society where older adults (persons 65 and older) can live long, safe, and healthy lives. Falls are a threat to older adults’ health and can significantly limit their ability to live independently. One in three older adults falls each year, resulting in over $30 billion in direct...

Imperfect remedies: legislative efforts to prevent genetic discrimination.

Using SBAR communications in efforts to prevent patient rehospitalizations.

Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR) communication has become the standard for communicating across disciplines. It has demonstrated its effectiveness at improving patient outcomes, enhancing patient and clinician satisfaction, and helping to control healthcare costs. It can help home healthcare clinicians with efforts to prevent avoidable hospitalizations. But how often and ho...

Current State of Alzheimers Disease Research Therapeutics

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Magnesium and Alzheimers Disease: The Cholinergic Hypothesis

The cholinergic deficit in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains the cornerstone for the understanding of chemical signal transfer. Hypofunctions of cholinergic systems are significantly involved in the signs and symptoms of senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. Cognitive deficits in AD have been widely associated with dysfunction of the cholinergic system. As a diagnostic marker of AD the activity...