Jen Affleck is enjoying life as a mom of three, sharing her first mommy and me outfit with daughter Penelope while husband ...

Rebekka Card was nursing her 4-month-old son, Hayden, at night, just as she always did. Then, she fell asleep and woke up to ...

On a gloomy Friday in January, Johnson, a nurse practitioner who treats older adults, had a hospice consult with Ellen, a ...

Nurse practitioners are increasingly filling a gap that is expected to widen as the senior population explodes and the number ...

More than 800,000 immigrants and naturalized citizens comprise 28% of direct care employees at home care agencies, nursing ...

Too often as patients age, doctors pile on prescriptions. The practice, known as polypharmacy, can be dangerous at any age but is particularly hazardous for elderly people, from raising the risk of ...

“It’s also often the family member or the person helping to manage them.” Nurse practitioners are having those conversations more and more as their patient base trends older.

"The mom came running over, banging on our door," said the woman who asked not to be named. "We were both asleep, and she's ...

The accused, who ‘killed’ the 19-year-old in public view, has confessed to the crime, and the chargesheet is nearly ready, ...

Understaffed nursing homes rely on an immigrant workforce. Cuts to Medicaid and a tough immigration policy amount to a double ...

A look at the life of a Beijing health care professional who travels 200 kilometers a day helping elderly and disabled ...