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Caregiving
- Coping with Emotional Changes
- Coping with Memory Loss
- Costs and Insurance
- Creating a Daily Routine
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- Health and Wellbeing of the Caregiver
- Home Safety Adjustments
- Mental Exercises
- Respite Care
- Talking to Children about Alzheimer's
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Long Term Care Group
- Asthma in Children and Adolescents - Long-Term Relief Medications
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Long-Term Relief Medications
These medications are taken on a regular basis to prevent asthma attacks and control chronic symptoms.
Inhaled Corticosteroids
Corticosteroids, also called glucocorticoids or steroids, are powerful anti-inflammatory drugs. Steroids are not bronchodilators (they do not relax the airways) and have little immediate effect on symptoms. Instead, they work over time to reduce inflammation and prevent permanent injury in the lungs. They can also help prevent asthma attacks...
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Alzheimer's Study Group Makes Recommendations to Congress
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LEAD Group of Influential Stakeholders Develop Framework to Defeat...
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Ten Steps for Living Through Your Caregiving Journey
1. Learn to self-identify as a caregiver. Take yourself and what you do seriously, and get support and counseling when needed. This is a... Read more »
Forming A Support Group for Caregivers
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Long-Term Use of Opioids Brought Into Question
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The use of opioid medicine to control chronic, severe pain is on the rise. But according to a large study from the National Institute of Public... Read more »
Long Term Results of Nonoperative Treatment for ACL Injury
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Studies show that athletes who tear their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) often damage other soft tissues at the same time. Meniscus and cartilage... Read more »
Charnley Total Hip Arthroplasty Has Good Long-Term Record
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The Charnley hip replacement has been around since the 1960s, when it was pioneered as a low-friction hip replacement. Hip replacements... Read more »
A Look Back at Long-Term Success For Knee Cartilage Repair
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Back in 1995 when surgeons first started using a technique called autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI), a group of surgeons from around the... Read more »
Concerns About Long-Term Use of Fosamax
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There has been a concern raised lately about the use of medications called bisphosphonates for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. This drug is... Read more »
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