CMS expands telehealth Medicare coverage to nursing home beneficiaries as COVID-19 strategy … CMS waives three-day stay requirement, MDS deadlines …Vitamin D boosts chances of walking after hip fracture...
Healthcare workers, elderly take priority as new COVID-19 test sites deployed this week
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 16, 2020
Thousands will gain access to new, high-capacity testing sites in the coming days, and certain groups will have priority status, say federal officials.
Social media has amplified concern over a research theory that is not backed by evidence, say leading cardiologists.
These 3 factors increase seniors’ risk for poor surgery outcomes
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 16, 2020
Certain physical and mental health problems significantly increase mortality risk in the year following a major operation, say researchers.
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, March 17
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 16, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine trial begins in Seattle: NIH … CDC posts guideline for COVID-19 single upper respiratory swabs … Coronavirus antibody treatment strategy could be only weeks away, docs say
Feds scramble to boost availability of COVID-19 tests
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 15, 2020
The House has passed a bill that includes Medicare waivers to allow free testing for all, while the White House has funded fast-track test development.
Specialists issue sound advice for reducing falls
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 14, 2020
Good hearing helps seniors stay balanced when other senses are less reliable, say otolaryngologists.
Clinical Briefs for Monday, March 16
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 14, 2020
At-risk staff offered a place to stay at Affinity facilities during COVID-19 outbreak … Study details the first known US person-to-person coronavirus transmission … Senators to introduce bill addressing...
Face masks an ‘acceptable’ alternative to respirators during supply shortage: CMS
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 13, 2020
Save respirators for procedures likely to generate respiratory droplets and increase the risk of viral exposure, the agency says.
Coronavirus survives hours in air, 3 days on surfaces, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 13, 2020
The virus may live long enough in the environment to find a new host at a later time, say investigators.