Jennings Center for Older Adults in Garfield Heights, OH has headed an innovative project titled REACH, Rewarding Education Through Advanced Careers in Health Care. About $1 million will be spent over three years on the work-force development program, which will include training and other programs for new and existing employees at Jennings, Eliza Bryant Village in Cleveland and Humility of Mary Health Partners in Youngstown. The program is expected to reach 1,120 new hires and 612 existing staff members over the next three years. Funding is primarily by grants, including $155,000 from the Cleveland Foundation, $25,000 from the McGregor Foundation, $15,000 from the Deaconess Community Foundation and $36,000 from the Raymond John Wean Foundation of Warren.
Two of three University of Louisville physicians who made videotaped statements of support for U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) last year say they didn't realize their comments would be part of a television ad for the senator's re-election campaign. And the third says that he wouldn't have agreed to the taping had he known it would appear on McConnell's campaign Web site. U of L generally prohibits employees from using their affiliation with the university when making political endorsements or taking positions on community issues.
The federal government's plans for dealing with pandemic flu do not adequately account for the overwhelming strain an outbreak would place on hospitals and public health systems trying to cope with millions of seriously ill Americans, some public health experts say. Critics say the Bush administration's plans have left too much of the responsibility and the cost of preparing to a healthcare system that even in normal times is stretched to the breaking point and leaves millions of people without adequate access to care.
Professional athletes are often at the forefront of sports medicine, presenting injuries and special circumstances that can require medical professionals to develop better techniques, new instruments, and accelerated rehabilitation plans. A symbiotic relationship exists between sports medicine professionals (orthopedic surgeons, trainers, physical therapists) and athletes, each pushing the other toward new discoveries about how the body performs and heals best. With sports medicine advancements, the more necessary for success it becomes for professional teams to have forward-looking medical service dedicated to innovative, all-around care.
Drugs for epilepsy, bipolar illness and mood problems double the risks of suicidal thoughts and behavior, and patients taking them should be watched for sudden behavioral changes, according to drug regulators. The Food and Drug Administration undertook a combined analysis of 199 clinical trials with 43,892 patients and found four suicides and 105 reports of suicidal symptoms among the 27,863 patients who were given the drugs compared to no suicides and 35 reports of suicidal symptoms among the 16,029 patients treated with placebos.
Around much of Florida, neurosurgeons are becoming increasingly scarce. They pay the highest rates for malpractice insurance among specialists, yet reimbursements for the care they provide are low. Solutions also are being sought statewide, and many in the medical community say the answer is protecting doctors from frivolous malpractice lawsuits.