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• Home Health-Care Visits Increase Hepatitis B Screening Rates For Hmong Americans
  In the first study of its kind, lay health workers increased screening rates for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and knowledge about the disease among a group of Asian Americans, known as the Hmong, UC Davis researchers have found. The study appears online in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention...
  
  
• Alteration To The Caregiving Culture Benefits Children Of AIDS Patients
  A simple in-home training program for caregivers can give children of AIDS patients a better shot at prosperity by improving their early-childhood development, according to a study led by a Michigan State University researcher...
  
  
• Dementia Care Study Confirms Dramatic Reduction In Use Of Antipsychotics And A Range Of Drugs With Corresponding Improvement In Wellbeing
  A new study of residents in specialised dementia care homes has confirmed a reduction, averaging 48 per cent, in the requirement for antipsychotic medication, together with dramatic reductions in usage of a range of other medications and a corresponding improvement in the wellbeing of participants...
  
  
• The Economic Burden Of Dementia
  The monetary cost of dementia in the United States ranges from $157 billion to $215 billion annually, making the disease more costly to the nation than either heart disease or cancer, according to a new RAND Corporation study...
  
  
• Study Investigates Prolonged Antibiotic Use In Long-Term Care Facilities
  JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights An analysis of antibiotic prescribing in long-term care facilities in Canada by Nick Daneman, M.D., M.Sc., of the University of Toronto, Canada, and colleagues suggests that antibiotic treatment courses are often prescribed for long durations and seem to be influenced by prescriber preference more than patient characteristics...