While at NAFC, we have long echoed the mantra that loss of bladder or bowel control is not an automatic consequence of aging, there are some certainties we can anticipate as we age. These include the formation of cataracts, the wearing out of joints, inflammation, and arthritis, the cumulative effects of exposure to the sun such as... Read more
Other than skin cancers, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men.
The American Cancer Society estimates that nearly 200,000 new cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed in the U.S. during 2008. Because of advancements in detection, diagnostics, and treatment, fewer than three in every hundred men diagnosed with the... Read more
Although presented in 2002 at international meetings on continence care by clinical thought-leaders in the UK, a survey of 100 female patients in an urogynecologic clinic of a major, referral medical center went largely unnoticed in the U.S. Perhaps this is because of the heavy orientation of the American healthcare delivery system to the use of... Read more
In a very underpublicized announcement, the American Hospital Association (AHA) released figures in November 2008 illustrating that U.S. community hospitals enjoyed record profits in 2007, posting $43 billion more in revenue than expenses and creating the largest single-year jump in profit margins in at least 15 years. Carried as an online news... Read more
The November/December 2008 issue of the highly respected journal Health Affairs published a study comparing how nine 250-plus-bed general hospitals in the Boston area fared among five leading hospital quality reporting services. Led by Michael B. Rothberg, MD, MPH, at Tufts University School of Medicine, the researchers found wide variation for... Read more
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