Nanotechnology In Brain Treatment Research
Researchers at Purdue University are working with the U.S. Army and neurosurgeons at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to create a new type of bioactive coating for stents used to treat brain aneurisms including those caused by head trauma from bomb blasts. Stents coated with a bioactive coating might be inserted at the site of an aneurism to help heal the inside lining of the blood vessel, said Jean Paul Allain, an associate professor of nuclear engineering. Aneurisms are saclike bulges in blood vessels caused by weakening of artery walls... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Assisted Living Options Grow, Nursing Home Occupancy Declines
05/23/2012, Health Services Research, A new study finds an association between an increase in assisted living options, which provide older adults with an array of services such as help with everyday tasks in homelike settings, and a decline in nursing home occupancy. This shift in delivery of care has both positive and negative implications for seniors. (Source: Health Behavior News Service)