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Inspector highlights psych drug use among elderly
Government inspectors say the Medicare health plan must take new measures to stop doctors from prescribing powerful psychiatric drugs to nursing home patients with dementia, an unapproved use that can cause fatal side effects.Antipsychotic drugs are designed to control hallucinations and delusions in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. But the drugs are also given to hundreds of thousands
Government inspectors say the Medicare health plan must take new measures to stop doctors from prescribing powerful psychiatric drugs to nursing home patients with dementia, an unapproved use that can cause fatal side effects.Antipsychotic drugs are designed to control hallucinations and delusions in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. But the drugs are also given to hundreds of thousands
Inspector highlights psych drug use among elderly
Government inspectors told lawmakers Wednesday that Medicare officials need to do more to stop doctors from prescribing powerful psychiatric drugs to nursing home patients with dementia, an
Grief can literally break your heart
Sydney: The loss of a loved one can really break your heart, scientists have warned. Anastasia Susie Mihailidou, from the University of Sydney Medical School, says when we lose someone we love, it
Sydney: The loss of a loved one can really break your heart, scientists have warned. Anastasia Susie Mihailidou, from the University of Sydney Medical School, says when we lose someone we love, it
Australian nursing home blaze claims 11th fatality
The death toll from a suspected arson attack on an Australian nursing home has risen to 11 with an 83-year-old woman becoming the latest fatality.
The death toll from a suspected arson attack on an Australian nursing home has risen to 11 with an 83-year-old woman becoming the latest fatality.
Nurse now faces 8 murder charges in Sydney fire
The nurse accused of starting a deadly fire at a Sydney nursing home now faces eight counts of murder.
The nurse accused of starting a deadly fire at a Sydney nursing home now faces eight counts of murder.
Death toll in Sydney nursing home fire climbs to 9
An 90-year-old woman died Tuesday from injuries suffered in a Sydney nursing home fire, raising the death toll from the suspected arson to nine.
An 90-year-old woman died Tuesday from injuries suffered in a Sydney nursing home fire, raising the death toll from the suspected arson to nine.
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