An Oregon nursing assistant spent eight days in jail after a jury found her guilty of taking disturbing photos of elderly or disabled patients and posting them to her Facebook wall.
A CARE home must improve the quality of care it provides to residents after serious concerns were raised by inspectors, a watchdog has now warned.
Having frequent arguments with partners, friends or relatives can increase the risk of death in middle-age, say Danish researchers.
A key difference in the brains of male and female MS patients may explain why more women than men get the disease, a study suggests.
Eating more fruits and vegetables may reduce stroke risk by almost a third, according to a fresh look at recent evidence.
Sedentary lifestyles pose a greater heart disease risk to women over 30 than smoking, obesity or high blood pressure, new health data from Australia has shown.
Researchers found that in the rankings of causes of heart disease in women, once they are over the age of 30, a lack of exercise becomes more important than smoking.
The majority of nurses feel underpaid, overworked and undervalued, according to a survey carried out jointly by Nursing Times and ITV.
Two people have admitted abusing dementia patients at a care home.
A third of a million adults in the UK are to be invited to take part in the world’s biggest study of cognitive function.
