Throughout human history children often struggled to make it to age five, due to infant mortality and childhood diseases. Undoubtedly the poor bore the brunt of infant mortality. However, the rich were not immune. Scientific American recently wrote about the mummy of the first-born son of an Austrian noble, who died at age 18 months. Although well fed, he apparently died of a vitamin D deficiency about 400 years ago.
Author: Devon Herrick
Remote Mental Health Therapy with Electronic Health Records Goes High Tech
The other day I was surfing the web when I ran across an advertisement for TherapyNotes, a mental health electronic health record (EHR) system. I was a little curious. TherapyNotes lets counselors schedule an appointment and allows their clients to book through a client portal. Counselors can meet with clients in person or remotely with secure telehealth sessions. Then TherapyNotes facilitates documenting the session with easy‑to‑use templates. Finally, TherapyNotes creates and submits insurance claims with just a few clicks.
Congressional Investigation Found FDA Drug Approval ‘Rife with Irregularities’
There is considerable debate about whether plaque causes Alzheimer’s disease or is a byproduct of Alzheimer’s. One of the original studies that supposedly nudged scientists down the path of plaque atrophy theory has now been accused of using doctored photos to bolster their case.
It’s the End of the Line for the Travel Nurse Gravy Train
Nurses willing to travel to Covid hotspots could once earn $5,000 a week. Their pay was cut substantially at renewal in March and April of 2022, as demand for traveling nurses declined. Now many nurses who relocated to take on nursing assignments far from home are crying foul. A law firm has even gotten involved claiming nursing travel agencies pulled a “bait and switch” to lure nurses into jobs they would not have taken at lower pay.