Exercise tied to improved cognition in stroke survivors
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2022
Exercise significantly improves clinical measures of cognitive function in adults who have experienced a stroke, investigators report.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Oct. 19
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2022
Feds to supply $15M in grants to support community mental health clinics … Biden administration scrambles for Evusheld backup as new variants arise … Providers are main target of race-related healthcare...
Timely treatment of depression could lower dementia risk, long-term study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 18, 2022
The course that depression takes may change one’s vulnerability to dementia, and depression treatment may play a large role in that risk, investigators report.
Many older adults use home medical tests — and keep results to themselves
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 18, 2022
Most older adults say they would like to try out direct-to-consumer, at-home medical tests. But not all who use them share the results with a primary care clinician.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 18
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 18, 2022
Immigration reform means staffing opportunities for long-term care, despite roadblocks … CDC: In-hospital COVID mortality fell from 15% to 5% between delta and omicron … Low-priced OTC hearing aids...
U.S. extends public health emergency, buying LTC a bit more time
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 17, 2022
The latest renewal is effective as of Oct. 13, and will continue through Jan. 11, 2023. Continued allowances for LTC include the waiver of a required three-day hospital stay to access skilled nursing services...
Protect elders now as new COVID-19 variants take hold overseas, report suggests
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 17, 2022
Trackers are watching a convergence of COVID-19 variants emerging across the world that can better skirt the immune system than prior variants.
Unvaccinated patients with cancer 7 times more likely to die during pandemic, large study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 17, 2022
The results underscore the vulnerability of people whose immune systems may be weakened by cancer or its treatment, investigators say.
Clinical briefs for Monday, Oct. 17
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 17, 2022
CDC reports higher-than-normal flu cases, upticks in Southeast and South-Central U.S. … Long COVID found among 29% of survivors, women and severely ill most affected … Biden to sign order aiming to...
‘We will not go back’ to early pandemic restriction, CMS leader says
By
Kimberly Marselas
Joe Bush
Oct 17, 2022
Promoting a return to normalcy, a top CMS official said Sunday that nursing homes will not return to the stringent isolation policies of the early pandemic.