Insomnia increases odds of memory decline in older adults
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 07, 2022
Insomnia may be an important target for early intervention to help prevent age-related cognitive decline, investigators say.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Sept. 7
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 07, 2022
CVS makes $8B acquisition to advance house calls … Biden administration asks Congress for more than $26B in COVID funds for 2023 … Nurse administrator tapped to revamp CDC … Global plan launched...
Data from home sensors detect health risks in older adults
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 06, 2022
Connected sensors that remotely monitor health at home are a promising way to capture a range of health data on older adults and identify health risks early, a new study has found.
High blood pressure, poor sleep take a toll on shift workers: study
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 06, 2022
Shift workers with hypertension who typically work at night have a heightened risk of progressing to cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CMM), a new study finds. Poor sleep compounds the problem, researchers...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Sept. 6
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 06, 2022
Private equity’s profit-squeeze in physician practices may mirror nursing home industry’s experience … Previous COVID infection offers protection against BA.5 … CDC: Booster dose coverage remains...
FDA authorizes omicron-targeting vaccines as preferred COVID booster shots
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 01, 2022
The FDA has authorized new, bivalent versions of Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines to be used as booster shots. At the same time, the original monovalent versions are no longer authorized as...
Use of deauthorized COVID antibody treatments widespread in early 2022: study
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 01, 2022
Some U.S. clinicians continued to rely on two monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID after they were deauthorized by the FDA, researchers report.
Study: One quarter of residents in licensed RCCs fell in past 90 days
Sep 01, 2022
A new analysis of national data has found that residents living in residential care communities are at high risk for falls and related injuries.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Sept. 1
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 01, 2022
Feds’ supplies of COVID vaccines, antivirals to run out in 2023, commercial market transition planned … U.S. life expectancy fell again in 2021, down nearly a year … New women-focused cardiac rehab...
C. difficile prevalence fell during pandemic, but treatment costs higher, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 31, 2022
Unprecedented pandemic infection control measures may have helped reduce Clostridioides difficile infections in the United States, researchers report.