Jessica Bari
Meet Jessica Bari Jessica Bari is a senior producer for Call to Mind from American Public Media, an initiative that fosters new conversations about mental health. She leads production for the series’ nationally distributed broadcast hours. Jessica is an award-winning journalist with a specialty in longform storytelling for radio, television, live summits and events. Her […]
Erica Zurek
Meet Erica Zurek Erica Zurek is a senior health reporter at MPR News. Erica began her multimedia journalism career in Montana where she reported on health, policy, the environment and other subjects. Her reporting has appeared on WBUR’s “Here & Now,” Montana Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and in KFF Health News, NPR, CBS News, […]
Top Patient Advocacy Orgs Have Industry Ties in Leadership, Study Shows
Three-quarters of the highest-revenue patient advocacy organizations (PAOs) in the U.S. have board members or senior leadership with ties to the pharmaceutical or medical device industry, a cross-sectional study showed. Of the 50 PAOs reviewed, 74% had board members with prior or current industry ties, and 50% had paid staff or executives with these ties, […]
Turkey-Syria Quake Death Toll Could Top 20,000, WHO Official Says
A senior official at the World Health Organization warned Monday the death toll from the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria could rise “eightfold” as rescue efforts continue. Catherine Smallwood, WHO’s senior emergency officer for Europe, told the AFP injuries and fatalities linked to severe earthquakes often rise “significantly” in the week after the disaster. […]
Brain Zaps Give Month-Long Memory Boost – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Alzheimer’s News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 23, 2022 If you’re a senior who struggles to remember where you put your car keys, could noninvasive brain stimulation boost your memory? Yes, claims a new study that found folks who were treated with transcranial alternating current stimulation for four days in a row […]
U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds
Latest Senior Health News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) U.S. hospitals became much safer places for patients over the past decade, with medical errors and adverse events declining significantly across the nation, federal government data show. Between 2010 and 2019, patient safety dramatically improved among the four types of […]
Staffing Shortages Have U.S. Nursing Homes in Crisis
Latest Senior Health News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) There’s a shortage of nursing home beds for the elderly in America due to a severe staffing crisis that has caused long-term care facilities to cut back on new admissions, new research shows. Three out of five nursing homes (61%) […]
Boomers Sicker Than Their Parents Were at Same Age
Latest Senior Health News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, June 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) There’s some discouraging news for baby boomers. Americans born between 1948 and 1965 are more likely than the generations that preceded them to have multiple health problems as they age, a new study shows. And, many develop two or more […]
Feds Warn of Bedrails That Can Entrap; 3 Deaths Reported
Latest Senior Health News FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) At least three elderly Americans suffocated after getting trapped in Mobility Transfer Systems adult portable bedrails, and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says anyone who has the rails should stop using them immediately. The warning applies to 10 models of bedrails made and […]
Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Coverage for Eligible, Necessary Care: Report
Latest Senior Health News THURSDAY, April 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) Coverage for eligible, necessary care is denied each year to tens of thousands of seniors with private Medicare Advantage plans, U.S. federal investigators say. In a report released Thursday, the team from the inspector general’s office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services […]