CMS leader balks on broader use of antipsychotic drugs … Cancer-causing H. pylori infections have seen a steady 4-decade fall, researchers report … More patients with pneumonia could be switched earlier...
Only 25 percent of post-acute patients with Afib start anticoagulants: study
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 24, 2023
Rates of anticoagulation therapy were higher for patients whose main reason for acute-care admission was Afib, yet only 50% of those patients initiated use.
Most older patients embrace move toward deprescribing, poll finds
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 24, 2023
Fully 80% of older adults would be willing to stop one or more of their long-term prescription medicines with their doctor’s approval, according to new national poll data.
Music intervention rejuvenates certain regions of the older brain: study
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 24, 2023
Listening to music and playing a musical instrument may help to avert brain aging in the areas related to these actions, researchers in Switzerland and Germany have found.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, April 25
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 24, 2023
CMS eyeing PDPM case-mix additions, changes … ‘Long COVID’ tied to healthcare access issues … High blood pressure in mid-life tied to poorer cognition in inherited Alzheimer’s … WHO raises...
Eli Lilly expects Medicare about-face on Alzheimer’s drugs coverage
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 23, 2023
New data on Lilly’s experimental drug donanemab may influence CMS’s restrictive stance on coverage of this and other amyloid-busting Alzheimer’s treatments, a company executive says.
Most nursing home docs don’t prescribe SGLT2Is yet for diabetes: study
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 23, 2023
Most nursing home clinicians do not include sodium/glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2Is) in their diabetes treatment toolkit. But use of the glucose-lowering drugs is growing in this setting, investigators...
Common infections linked to reduced cognitive test scores for older adults
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 23, 2023
Common infections, including with the herpes simplex virus, are associated with reduced performance on a test of global function, researchers from Johns Hopkins University report.
Clinical briefs for Monday, April 24
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 23, 2023
Lab charged with billing $358 million for unneeded nursing home COVID tests … Senators tweak proposal, cap certain insulin costs at $35 … Sleeping pill reduces levels of Alzheimer’s proteins …...