By Editor for the Lawndale News Here’s one more reason folks living with diabetes or pre-diabetes should take care of their cardiovascular health. New findings published in the journal of British Pharmacology show high blood sugar levels may trigger more severe blockages in arteries that are already blocked, and potentially cause a patient to suffer… Continue reading High Blood Sugar Might Raise Risk of Complications After a Heart Attack or Stroke

By Silvia Pettem for the Colorado Daily Almost everyone who has lived in Boulder for any length of time knows someone who was born, had an operation, was treated for an illness or died at the former Boulder Community Hospital on Broadway. The building has been sold to the city of Boulder, and redevelopment plans… Continue reading Boulder Community Hospital Set Health Care Standards — and Affordably

In this article, originally published by Vinton Today, learn more about the new wound care clinic that Virgina Gay Hospital is opening.

Here you can find information about all of the free webinars we held in 2016. For healthcare professionals, you may receive CE Contact Hours by watching some of the recordings.

Shield HealthCare & The Wound Care Education Institute team up to provide an insightful webinar - peristomal skin complications.

Looking for the latest ENFit update? Click here.   Here’s a quick recap on ENFit: When enteral tubing is accidentally connected to non-enteral tubing (enteral misconnections), patient harm may result. One example of enteral misconnection is a feeding tube connected to an intravenous line. ENFit is a solution to improve patient safety by preventing enteral… Continue reading Infinity Feeding Sets Return to Red Stepped Connectors

By Tracy Seipel for the San Jose Mercury News In a new strategy to force the state to spend more on health care for the poor, civil rights activists on Tuesday alleged that millions of California’s Latinos — who make up the bulk of the state’s 12.6 million Medi-Cal enrollees — are being denied timely access… Continue reading Latinos, Other Medi-Cal Recipients Denied Access to Health Care Activists Allege

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“New Research Could Help to Prevent Blockages Faced by Many Long-Term Catheter Users” by the University of Hampton, published in EurekAlert The image shows a silicon catheter covered in the biofilm after 20 days exposure. New research could lead to new treatments to prevent blockages and urinary tract infections experienced by many long-term catheter users. Up… Continue reading New Research Could Help to Prevent Blockages Faced by Many Long-Term Catheter Users

By Chad Terhune for The Los Angeles Times California’s biggest health insurers are among a select few to show a profit selling Obamacare policies. In the first year of the massive coverage expansion, California’s three largest health insurers bucked the national trend of heavy losses and accounted for half of the gains reported under the… Continue reading California’s 3 Largest Health Insurers among Few to Show Obamacare Profit in 2014