A nine-year study found that people with severe loss of interest in daily activities are at a higher risk of dementia. Greater apathy also was tied to worse cognitive scores.
New Medicare telehealth reimbursements include cardiac rehab
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 16, 2020
Many of the new services involve cardiovascular care, including intensive cardiac rehab with and without exercise, pulmonary rehab with exercise, and in-person ventricular assist device interrogation.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Oct. 16
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 16, 2020
Senators to FDA: Outline COVID vaccine safety plan for older adults … More states question reliability of point-of-care testing devices supplied by feds … New cannabinoid use by older adults linked...
Watch for risky meds hike in older heart failure patients, specialist urges
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 15, 2020
More than half of older heart failure patients leave the hospital with prescriptions for 10 or more medications, according to a new study. Some of these drugs are likely inappropriate, says a leading geriatric...
MedDiet linked to improved cognition, but not dementia benefits, in updated review
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 15, 2020
An updated review confirms that adherence to the much-studied Mediterranean diet offers some protection against cognitive decline, investigators say.
Older adults with negative thinking patterns more likely to report cognitive decline
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 15, 2020
A new study has tied this thought pattern to self-perceived cognitive decline and a higher likelihood of memory complaints.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Oct. 15
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 15, 2020
CDC updates COVID vaccine information for healthcare workers … Mild-to-moderate COVID-19 ‘highly unlikely’ to be infectious after day 10: study … Certain blood pressure meds tied to lower mortality...
Falls may be an Alzheimer’s precursor, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 14, 2020
Early brain changes may be the culprit when an older person with no signs of cognitive decline has a fall, researchers say. Such falls tend to occur about five years before memory loss and confusion arise.
CDC: Prepare for COVID cases to rise in elders when young adult infections surge
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 14, 2020
In hotspot counties, surges in COVID infections begin in younger adults, followed by “several weeks” of increases in older age groups, agency investigators have found.
J&J delaying vaccine trials due to ‘unexplained illness’
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 14, 2020
Late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trials by Johnson & Johnson have been temporarily halted due to an “unexplained illness in a study participant,” the company reported Monday.