Can texting reduce resident hospitalizations? $1M nursing home study aims to find out
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 29, 2022
A new study across 16 Missouri nursing homes will examine whether a text-based messaging platform helped to reduce avoidable resident hospitalizations.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Nov. 29
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 29, 2022
With directors of nursing in hot demand, providers act to broaden pipelines … Senior living and care facilities turn away older adults 11K times in 1 month due to the workforce crisis … OTC hearing...
CDC study: Updated COVID vaccines’ efficacy in seniors may increase with time since last shots
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 27, 2022
The more time since a dose of the original COVID-19 vaccines, the greater the relative benefits of the recently approved, bivalent shots, a real-world study has shown.
Stanford to test antiviral pills as long COVID treatment
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 28, 2022
Investigators plan to test whether the antiviral drug Paxlovid will relieve symptoms of the syndrome known as long COVID, also called post-acute sequelae of COVID-19.
NIH: ‘Good’ cholesterol may not universally predict heart disease risk
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 28, 2022
In a study of 23,000 people, high HDL cholesterol levels were not associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risk, and low levels predicted increased heart disease in white but not Black adults.
Clinical briefs for Monday, Nov. 28
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 28, 2022
FDA receives over 90K foam-breakdown reports tied to Philips Respironics devices … Vitamin D does not ease muscle aches tied to statin use: study … AMDA, AMA urge clinicians to strongly promote vaccination...
New CMS guidance nudges nursing homes to offer COVID shots, timely treatments
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 23, 2022
The agency reminds nursing facilities of the requirement to actively offer updated COVID vaccines and urges them to provide approved treatments early to keep mild symptoms from escalating.
HHS report: Time for clinicians to get up to speed on long COVID
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 23, 2022
Clinicians will play a key role in educating patients about long COVID and its complications, but first they must get up to speed on the multisystem syndrome, the report recommends.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Nov. 23
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 23, 2022
Groups ask CMS to look into ‘disturbing’ hospice growth in three states … 42 new Alzheimer’s genes discovered in large international study … High blood pressure linked to neurotic personality...
Seniors hit hardest as flu rate shoots up in 30 states
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 22, 2022
Flu activity has jumped across the United States ahead of Thanksgiving, with seniors continuing to have the highest hospitalization rates, according to the latest update from the CDC.