Probiotics do not reduce antibiotic use in nursing homes, study finds … Interrupted sitting may reduce dangerous post-meal dips in type 2 diabetes … Cognitive stimulation, exercise top docs’ list...
New NIH network to recruit thousands for late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trials
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2020
A nationwide clinical trial network will test promising COVID-19 vaccines and antibodies. There are five possible vaccine candidates.
Biogen seeks FDA approval for Alzheimer’s drug; aims to be first to slow disease
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2020
Treatment with aducanumab reduced declines in memory, language, and activities of daily living performance, the drugmaker says.
Hearing may indeed be the last sense to go, hospice study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2020
New evidence suggests that unresponsive patients’ brains react to sound and that they might be able to hear what clinicians and family are saying.
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, July 9
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2020
LTC residents and staff should get top priority for COVID-19 vaccine: AHCA … FDA warns of methanol contamination in hand sanitizers … Drug performs better than standard rheumatoid arthritis treatment...
Providers with adequate equipment and training stay COVID-19 free: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 08, 2020
None of the 420 doctors and nurses participating in the study developed COVID-19-related symptoms or tested positive for antibodies after working in a high-risk environment.
With careful adoption, soy and wheat can help maintain seniors’ muscles, says expert
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 08, 2020
Plant protein can help older adults maintain muscle mass, but users must adjust for any loss of animal protein when making dietary changes, says a nutrition scientist.
Statins lower mortality risk in adults age 75 and over, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 08, 2020
The risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke was lower by 20% in elders who took statins. In fact, age and dementia diagnosis had no bearing on statin benefits, say researchers.
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, July 8
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 08, 2020
HHS launches ‘surge’ testing facilities in three states … Tau study findings support a personalized approach to slowing Alzheimer’s progression … Database adds cleaning manuals for reusable eldercare...
Nurses make far fewer injection errors when guidelines are more understandable
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 07, 2020
Intravenous injections are more than twice as safe when nurses use instructions written with their training in mind, a new study shows.