White House: Test all nursing home residents, staff for COVID-19 over next 2 weeks … Mental health a burden for healthcare workers during pandemic … New task force to develop guidance for reopening...
Feds struggle to provide COVID-19 tally for nursing homes: report
By
Alicia Lasek
May 09, 2020
Weeks after CMS announced it would begin tracking outbreaks and deaths in the nation’s eldercare facilities, there are no solid numbers available, say investigators.
GERD meds may increase dementia risk, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
May 09, 2020
Long-term use of popular heartburn medications may increase dementia risk, say investigators. But careful short-term use in elders remains safe, they claim.
Autoimmune attack an early warning for Parkinson’s?
By
Alicia Lasek
May 09, 2020
An autoimmune attack could start more than a decade before a person receives a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis, a new study has found.
Clinical Briefs for Monday, May 11
By
Alicia Lasek
May 09, 2020
FDA authorizes first CRISPR-based coronavirus test kit … ‘Save Other Souls’ initiative enables choice to forgo critical care in case of limited resources … 3-D brain-like tissue model links Alzheimer’s...
Differentiating COVID-19 from other infections: Notes from an outpatient clinic
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Alicia Lasek
May 07, 2020
Harvard researchers have compiled a list of clues from front line experience to help clinicians distinguish between early COVID-19 and infections with similar symptoms.
Moderate exercise in older age cuts hospital trips, finds study
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Alicia Lasek
May 07, 2020
Moderately active older adults were up to 27% less likely to have more than seven hospital admissions per year.
Low-dose aspirin does not reduce risk of memory decline, large study finds
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Alicia Lasek
May 07, 2020
The risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, dementia, or probable Alzheimer’s disease was no different between those who took daily aspirin and a cohort given a placebo.
Clinical Briefs for Friday, May 8
By
Alicia Lasek
May 07, 2020
Lab cautions nursing homes about inaccurate coronavirus test kits … HCR ManorCare: 70% of COVID-19 infected employees asymptomatic … Nurse survey finds No.1 concern is infecting others, 38% reassigned...