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When you exercise, you gain more strength and flexibility. Your mood will improve, and you'll be able to think better.
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In elderly patients, symptoms of depression can be mistaken for symptoms of another medical problem, so it is important for clinicians to consider all physical problems and medications of elderly patients before making a diagnosis.
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Learn how to put together a caregiving plan, draw on useful services, and address legal, medical, and financial planning issues. Also, find advice on involving family members, handling daily tasks, and maintaining your well being.
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Aimed at older adults, this report provides practical advice on how to avoid common and often deadly accidents at home.
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Whether planned or on an emergency basis, hospitalization causes disruption in the life of any child. However, with the special accommodations that modern hospitals usually make for both children and their parents, a stay in the hospital need not ...
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Hospital admission involves staying at a hospital for at least one night or more.Staying in the hospital overnight is done because the individual is too sick to stay at home, requires 24-hour nursing care, and/or is receiving medications and under...
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Hospitalization is admittance to the hospital as a patient.Patients are admitted to the hospital for a variety of reasons, including scheduled tests, procedures, or surgery; emergency medical treatment; administration of medication; or to stabiliz...
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Hospitalization or inpatient care is the most restrictive form of treatment for a psychiatric disorder, addictive disorder, or for someone with more than one diagnosis. Whether it is voluntary or involuntary, the patient relinquishes the freedom t...
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Planning a hospital stay includes determining what hospitals or facilities are covered by the patient''s insurance plan, evaluating the credentials of the health care providers and hospital, gathering information about the hospital, including servi...
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Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by many different germs, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi.This article discusses describes pneumonia that occurs in a person whose ability to fight infection is greatly reduced because their i...
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You have either undergone a procedure or been diagnosed with an illness that has made you "immunocompromised.” This means that your immune system is very weak, making it difficult to fight off infection. Certain cancers, cancer treatments, HIV infection, and transplant surgery are examples of things that can make you immunocompromised. You must be very careful—even the slightest infection can carry the risk of hospitalization or death. This sheet gives precautions you can follow to protect yourself from infection. You will need to follow them until your doctor tells you that you can stop. You may need to be careful for the rest of your life.
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