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...
Nursing home telehealth use rose during pandemic, study finds
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John Roszkowski
Sep 02, 2022
Telehealth use increased significantly at nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, but more training and increased staffing are needed to improve it, a new study has found.
Low physical function tied to higher cardiac risk in older adults
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John Roszkowski
Sep 02, 2022
Community-dwelling older adults who have lower physical function are at increased risk of developing heart attack, heart failure and stroke, according to new research published in the Journal of the American...
Popular TV series may help reduce stigma around Alzheimer’s
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John Roszkowski
Sep 02, 2022
The narrative and dramatization of Alzheimer’s disease in the popular TV series “This is Us” may help reduce the stigma around dementia and promote family discussions about plans for aging, new...
Clinical briefs for Friday, Sept. 2
By
John Roszkowski
Sep 02, 2022
New 3-D imaging may aid in early detection of Alzheimer’s disease … $8.5 million grant to drive global aging research … Study may shed light on brain degeneration in Alzheimer’s disease …...
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.