The Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area was ranked 42nd for overall hospital care among the nation’s 50 largest areas by population, according to CareChex, a division of The Delta Group, a Greenville, S.C. health care information services company.
The company based its ranking on an analysis of hospitals’ process, outcomes and patient satisfaction. Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill was ranked No. 10.
Things get worse for the Triangle when looking at specific clinical areas. The
People with rheumatoid arthritis suffer from excruciating pain and swelling in the hands and feet. In addition, several symptoms might occur in early stages. Read on to learn some beginning signs of rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis means joint inflammation, while rheumatoid arthritis refers to a chronic inflammatory disorder in which inflammation occurs in the hands and feet leading to excruciating pain and swelling. This disease is progressive and damages the lining of joints and results in joint destruction and deformity. It is also an autoimmune disease in that antibodies, which should attack infections of the body, destroy the body tissues such as the ligaments, bone, and cartilage instead.
For people with advanced cancer, dying at home rather than the hospital results in higher quality-of-life scores at the end of life, and may be easier on the patients’ caregivers as well.
A study published online Sept. 13 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that compared to people who died in intensive care units (ICU) or other areas of a hospital, when people died at home, their loved ones were less likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder or prolonged grief disorder, marked by intense, disabling grief that goes on longer than six months.
“Where someone dies has important implications for those they leave behind,” said the study’s lead author, Dr.
Skiers and other winter sports tourists who visit the Alps are at increased risk for heart attack due to low temperatures, high altitude and inadequate conditioning for intense physical exertion, finds a new study.
The risk is greatest during the first two days of vacation, said a research team of cardiologists at the Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria, who focused on winter tourists in the Tyrolean Alps.
“Every year, millions of tourists visit the Tyrolean Alps to participate in a variety of winter sports, each of which carries a certain risk of accident and injury,” study senior author Dr.