Known risk factors don’t explain vast contrasts in cognitive abilities as we age: study
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 12, 2023
At age 54, key factors linked to cognitive abilities — such as education — explained only 38% of the variation in functioning among study participants.
Clinical briefs for Monday, Feb. 13
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 12, 2023
Pay good providers more to care for people with dementia, researchers urge … With scope unknown, nursing homes brace for new schizophrenia audits … CDC recommends COVID vaccine as routine immunization...
Medicare eligibility comes with increase in tooth loss, Harvard study reveals
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 10, 2023
When patients become eligible for Medicare coverage, restorative dental care immediately falls and tooth loss increases, a new study from Harvard University and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has found.
Vitamin D intake linked to lower risk for progression to diabetes
Feb 07, 2023
For people with prediabetes, vitamin D supplementation also raises the likelihood of return to normal glucose regulation, physician-researchers say.
Marriage, acrimonious or not, appears to protect blood sugar levels in seniors, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 10, 2023
The findings underscore the potential for clinical implications when a patient loses a cohabiting relationship later in life, investigators say.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Feb. 10
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 10, 2023
Feds release updated adult immunization schedule … Experimental COVID antiviral could be a promising Paxlovid alternative, study finds … New CDC hearing aids data confirms greater use by men, seniors...
Cognitive screening unevenly documented across post-acute care settings: study
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 09, 2023
Researchers have found a 38% rate of documented cognitive screening across post-acute care settings and therapy disciplines. Standardized assessments are rarely documented, they say.
COVID-19 a bigger threat to seniors than pneumonia, real-world study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 09, 2023
COVID-19 is much more deadly than bacterial or viral pneumonia, causing double the mortality rate in older, hospitalized adults, investigators say.
Unexpected physician deaths swelled during pandemic — until vaccines arrived
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 09, 2023
Tragically, physicians have experienced high mortality linked to COVID-19 early in the pandemic. But mitigation measures and vaccination appear to have reduced deadly infections in this provider group,...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Feb. 9
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 09, 2023
Drug for recurrent C. diff linked to improved quality of life … U.S. adults lack knowledge about age-related macular degeneration, survey reveals … Antibiotic sales rose with increase in COVID-19...