Depression in Teenagers: Now What Can We Do?

Yazan: admin | 18 May 2013 | No Comments
Categories: Depression

No doubt you have seen the recent news headlines about a federal panel that recommended to the FDA that anti-depressant medications carry the strongest possible warning label for use in children and teenagers. This recommendation to the FDA shook the medical community, especially those who work with depressed young people. The biggest problem from the […]

Nursing Home Staffing Levels: How Much Is Enough?

Yazan: admin | 06 January 2013 | No Comments
Categories: Elder Care

During the week of February 17, 2002, headlines screamed the news – more than 92% of US nursing homes fail to have an adequate number of staff to provide quality care for elderly residents. Newspapers and radio programs based their stories on the new study the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) recently provided to the […]