Alzheimers. Dementia. These diagnoses tug at the strings of safety and certainty in patients, families and caregivers at an estimated rate of 6.5 million Americans age 65 and older in 2022 and approximately 168,600 VA patients in 2021. It’s a diagnosis expected to increase to 12.7 million Americans by 2050 and 217,400 VA patients over […]
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While most people have heard the advice to drink eight glasses of water a day, there is some flexibility and people are able to drink both too much and too little, although the latter is more common. While most people have heard the advice to drink eight glasses of water a day, there is some
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Estimated reading time: 5-6 minutes In recent years, the medical world has studied the effectiveness of the anesthetic agent ketamine in treating depression, and the results have been promising. A 2019 study published in PubMed Central found that ketamine «has a robust and rapid effect on depression» that was immediately apparent and sustained at the
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Don’t be surprised if the next time you’re at Edward Hospital you hear a jazz tune coming from the heart hospital management. NaperVoice founding director Philip Spencer spends Tuesdays and Thursdays tickling the ivories of a grand piano tucked away in the atrium. Sometimes, David Kim, a cardiologist at Naperville hospital, stops by to sing