Older adults eye urgent care, retail clinics for care, poll shows
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 11, 2024
Older adults are turning more commonly to urgent care centers and retail clinics for their immediate medical needs, according to a new poll of 2,657 adults ages 50 to 80 completed in 2023. About 60% of...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, April 11
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 11, 2024
Olezarsen may cut triglycerides by about half … Beta blockers may not help some heart attack survivors … D-mannose doesn’t reduce recurrent UTIs, trial finds … Anxiety tied to Parkinson’s, lower...
Poor working conditions are a top reason nurses leave healthcare, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 10, 2024
Unpleasant working conditions are a top reason nurses walk away from their jobs at long-term care facilities and hospitals, and bid adieu to healthcare, according to a new report.
High-need Medicare users opt for traditional plans
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 10, 2024
People with higher medical needs were more likely to be in traditional Medicare non-accountable care organizations (ACOs) than in Medicare Advantage in 2019. The number of people enrolling in Medicare...
Semaglutide helps in obesity-related heart failure, type 2 diabetes
Apr 09, 2024
Semaglutide leads to larger reductions in heart failure-related symptoms and physical limitations among patients with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and type 2 diabetes,...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, April 10
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 10, 2024
Antibiotics before dental surgery lower heart infection risk for some … Neuromuscular exercise works as well as resistance training for osteoarthritis hip pain … Web tool helps people pick right statin...
Global group urges stronger response to antimicrobial resistance
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 09, 2024
World leaders need to do more to prevent the negative effects of drug-resistant infections, according to the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance in their report published last week.
Study: Parkinson’s disease raises risk for in-hospital delirium — and related need for long-term...
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 09, 2024
People with Parkinson’s disease are almost twice as likely to have delirium during hospital stays compared to others who are hospitalized but don’t have the disease, according to a study published...
Session on food insecurity in older adults a win for medical students, report finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 09, 2024
A learning session improved medical students’ attitudes about caring for older adults with food insecurity. The project was detailed in a report published last week in the Journal of the American Geriatrics...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, April 9
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 09, 2024
Hospitalizations didn’t go down after use of algorithm to identify diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease … Oral vaccine worked well to stop urinary tract infections … App program could lower urinary...