False diagnoses are used to mask inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs on patients with dementia, a practice called chemical restraint, a government watchdog report said.

Nursing homes misuse antipsychotic drugs for dementia patients, disguise practice as schizophrenia treatment, watchdog finds.

An estimated 3,100 people in Wolverhampton have been diagnosed with dementia.

Respiratory specialist nurse Maria Eurton discusses case examples to explain how to approach common diagnostic challenges in adult asthma ...

The world is experiencing a hidden epidemic with kidney disease. More than 850 million people worldwide have some form of ...

The average time to receive an endometriosis diagnosis in the UK has increased to nine years and four months, a survey has revealed.

Changes to a key component of the Patient Driven Payment Model remain in limbo two years after they were first proposed, but federal regulators are still poised to refine the system to accommodate for ...

A closer examination of the APOL1 gene in Black patients with kidney disease can provide more precise diagnoses than current protocols.

NHS close to collapse and preventable deaths - key findings from the Covid-19 report - An NHS inquiry report reveals that UK health services came close to collapsing during the Covid-19 pandemic, ...

The thing to do as your mom's caregiver is to be smart in managing her assets. The moves you make will depend on the pot of money you start with and the severity of her diagnosis. If she's only 78 and ...

Understanding what the US spends to treat mental health and substance use disorders (SUD) is important for understanding spending patterns and informing health policy. In this study, we determined ...