Hospice is a unique benefit under the Medicare program because of its holistic approach to end-of-life care. With recent action, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has affirmed the ...

Cardio-renal-metabolic (C-R-M) conditions are a group of interconnected disorders, including cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes. These conditions account for up to 20 ...

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“Holistic nursing practice is the science, art, and the ‘creative fire’ where holistic nurses uncover, recover, support and celebrate the creative self” ~ Barbara Dossey Holistic Nursing is a precise ...

The number of osteopathic physicians in the US has grown significantly in recent years and continues to rise. In 2022, the American Osteopathic Association reported 141,759 practicing DOs—a sharp jump ...

A landmark report on American nursing homes issued Wednesday should serve as a “piercing wake-up call,” encouraging lawmakers to invest as they attempt to fix what a National Academies committee ...

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The word holistic comes from the Greek word “holos” which means “everything”; in philosophy, it means that reality is not fragmentary, but a totality, where each part is related to each other. As a ...