Following publication of the report Oral feeding difficulties and dilemmas: A guide to practical care, particularly towards the end of life, NMC Chief Executive and Registrar, Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes said:

A massive rise in the numbers of people drinking heavily and the cost of treating them is creating an unsustainable burden on NHS hospitals but more could be done to ease existing pressures, says an NHS Confederation report published recently.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) applauds House lawmakers for passing “H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act.” This landmark legislation was approved by a vote of 220-215 in a Saturday session. ANA has been a tireless advocate for meaningful health care reform which recognizes the vital role of nurses, creates a system that [...]

Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH, of the University of Colorado Denver has been chosen by The Gerontological Society of America”>Gerontological Society of America (GSA) – the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging – to receive the 2009 Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Productive Aging.

The issues affecting people with arthritis and other rheumatic diseases-and those who treat them-were represented yesterday at a White House event hosted by President Barack Obama.
Peter Embi, MD joined over 100 physicians from around the country in the White House Rose Garden for President Barack Obama’s health care reform summit.