Another mAB bites the dust? FDA advises docs not to use sotrovimab in some locales
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 25, 2022
In a scenario now familiar to long-term care clinicians, the FDA has advised against prescribing the COVID-19 monoclonal antibody drug sotrovimab in locations where certain SARS-CoV-2 variants are now...
Advance care planning rose dramatically among minorities through intervention, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 25, 2022
Older patients were more likely to record their end-of-life care wishes when they watched educational videos and received clinical counsel during the pandemic, a new study finds. Documentation among Black...
Feds expand Jardiance use to all heart failure patients
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 25, 2022
Originally approved as a glucose control drug for patients with type 2 diabetes, Jardiance has more recently proven effective in reducing mortality and hospitalization in some heart failure patients.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Feb. 25
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 25, 2022
Here’s how SNFs “held their ground” during omicron surge … CDC to start gauging COVID-19 restriction levels by local cases, hospitalizations … CDC adds physical inactivity and immunodeficiency...
Ouch: Falls injuries continue to rise among U.S. seniors, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 24, 2022
Despite ongoing prevention efforts, falls injury rates are increasing by 1.5% annually among older adults, Medicare claims show. Limitations in long-term care coverage don’t help, investigators say.
Depression, anxiety among top 10 health problems that emerge years before Alzheimer’s symptoms
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 24, 2022
Scientists have identified the 10 health issues that are most likely to appear years before an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis. The findings may offer clinical targets for prevention, they say.
Supreme Court won’t review healthcare workers’ challenge to Maine vaccine mandate
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 23, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear arguments in a lawsuit that would allow healthcare workers to apply for religious exemptions to Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Feb. 24
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 24, 2022
12 women named Veteran VIPs in McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards … 3 Moderna shots offer 99% protection against omicron, delta hospitalization … COVID-19 infections fall by 90% from pandemic...
Delirium diagnosis decreases likelihood of home discharge, study finds
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Amy Novotney
Feb 23, 2022
The odds of returning home after a hospital stay are slimmer for patients with delirium compared to those without, according to a new study of more than 27,000 adults. Nearly half were not able to do so.
New physical function tests could predict hip fractures in seniors: study
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Amy Novotney
Feb 23, 2022
New study results show that in women who are unable to stand on one leg for 10 seconds, the risk of hip fracture within four years was found to be more than three times higher than in women who were able...