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Saturday, April 19, 2025

Nurses play key role in addressing mental well-being for people after a stroke

The latest research indicates that 16% to 85% of people recovering from a stroke experience at least one psychosocial symptom, including depression, anxiety, stress, fatigue and/or decreased quality of life. Critical nursing interventions, such as regular mental health screenings, education, symptom management and follow-up care, are key to reducing the negative effects on a patient's mental well-being after a stroke, yet only a small proportion of patients receive treatment.

Women harmed by vaginal mesh in England get payout

More than 100 women who experienced complications have received payouts from manufacturers....

Boy with incurable tumour not allowed vital drug

Ronnie Hood, from Sudbury, does not qualify for ONC201 because his tumour is a millimetre too small....

Why don’t more politicians retire? A medical anthropologist explains how the US could benefit from a mandatory retirement age

Graphic of nine elderly U.S. politicians.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are hardly the only examples of politicians who work well into their golden years ^[1]. Members of the baby-boom generation – Americans born between 1946 and 1964 ^[2] – are the most numerous in the House ^[3], and in the Senate they outnumber lawmakers from all other generations combined.

All told, two-thirds of U.S. senators and nearly half of House lawmakers are eligible...

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