Treat sleep-disordered breathing to lower Alzheimer’s risk, say researchers … U.S. could become next coronavirus epicenter as cases accelerate: WHO … Feds urged to ease drug limits to allow chronic...
Watch for high blood pressure when steroids are used in inflammatory illness
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2020
Regular oral steroid use in diseases such as arthritis can have an outsize effect on hypertension, investigators say.
Report documents quick spread of new coronavirus through U.S. nursing facilities
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2020
At least 72 facilities in 22 states have infections, along with 55 deaths as of Friday.
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, March 24
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2020
CDC releases guidance on preventing spread of coronavirus in senior living communities … Healthcare workers report psychiatric symptoms amid pandemic … Patient organizations urge feds to ease limits...
More meds equals greater hospitalization risk in senior cancer patients
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2020
A deeper battle to deprescribe medications for cancer patients undergoing intravenous chemotherapy is necessary, researchers say.
New COVID-19 tip-off may be loss of smell
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2020
Asymptomatic adults who suddenly lose their sense of smell may be coronavirus carriers and candidates for self-quarantine, say ENTs.
Breathing difficulty, COPD, point to greatest risk in early-stage coronavirus
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2020
Among coronavirus symptoms, breathing difficulties are significantly tied to severe illness progression and ICU admission, say investigators.
Clinical Briefs for Monday, March 23
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2020
Millions of seniors live in counties with no ICU beds, posing extra coronavirus dangers … Act’s passage means more masks for healthcare workers fighting COVID-19 … CDC provides guidance on when workers...
What providers can learn from the first US coronavirus outbreak
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 19, 2020
Long-term care staff inadvertently spread coronavirus between facilities in the early days of the first U.S. outbreak in Washington.
As hypertension-related deaths climb, researchers call for action
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 19, 2020
Hypertension mortality rates have risen by 72% in rural settings and 20% in urban areas, according to findings from 10 million death records.