Apathy — not depression — helps predict dementia in cerebrovascular disease
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 14, 2020
Apathy is a distinct sign of looming dementia in individuals at risk, say researchers. Monitoring patients for this symptom could catch the problem early on, they argue.
Feeding tube placement for Parkinson’s often precedes move to nursing home
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 14, 2020
Discussions about percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for enteral feeding should include information about survival, complications, and the potential need for long-term care, say investigators.
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, July 14
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 14, 2020
Nurses’ union pushes back on calls to reuse N95 masks … Facilities lack sufficient tests to meet COVID-19 recommendations, Senate report finds … Coronavirus vaccine candidates snag FDA’s ‘fast...
Frequent hip-replacement benefit: less back pain
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2020
Lower back pain resolved in fully 82% of arthritis patients after hip replacement surgery, say orthopedist-researchers.
CDC: More than a quarter of seniors fall each year
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2020
About 27% of adults aged 65 and older said they’d fallen at least once in the past year. And more than 10% were injured as a result, the latest data shows.
COVID-19 vaccine expected to be ready for year-end approval
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2020
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE plan to seek federal approval for a jointly developed coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020. The drugmakers say they have been ramping up production capabilities to meet expected...
Clinical Briefs for Monday, July 13
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2020
CDC: Elderly may get top priority when coronavirus vaccine emerges … It’s official: Some aerosol transmission of COVID-19 is likely, say Fauci, WHO … Yogurt, fruit consumption tied to lower metabolic...
Talking through a mask is not easy, but these tips can help
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 10, 2020
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association has ideas for counteracting the effects of muffled voices and the lost ability to read lips and facial expressions.
CDC: Shingles vaccination rate soars among some seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 10, 2020
The number of adults aged 60 and older getting vaccinated increased from 7% to 35% between 2008 and 2018. But the rates are much lower in some groups than others.
NIH falls prevention study shows no difference from usual care
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2020
A managed, individualized prevention plan did not appear to affect the length of time to a new, serious fall. The study involved 5,000 at-risk adults.