Many LTCs requiring negative COVID-19 tests before accepting hospital discharges … AbbVie, Pfizer, Novartis and more pledge COVID-19 disaster relief help … Actor Matthew McConaughey plays virtual bingo...
McKnight’s Senior Living survey: 75% report PPE shortages in senior living communities
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 07, 2020
“We are using homemade masks, as we are allotted one box of 50 masks a month. I have 53 employees,” one respondent said.
Seniors who use video chat less likely to report symptoms of depression
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 07, 2020
Seniors who communicated via video chat were about half as likely to report depressive symptoms than those who did not, say researchers.
Grip strength can help to identify early diabetes
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 07, 2020
Investigators have pinpointed levels of handgrip strength that correlate with type 2 diabetes in at-risk but otherwise healthy patients.
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, April 8
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 07, 2020
Sleep apnea linked to Alzheimer’s brain changes …. Adding patient frailty measures to Medicare payment model could lead to fairer clinician reimbursement … Flu cases down, while hospitalizations...
Mitigation measures top symptom screening for COVID-19 prevention: CDC
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 06, 2020
Only four residents in 80 tested positive in a study of a Seattle-area senior living community, likely due in part to early mitigation strategies.
High amyloid levels linked to early-stage Alzheimer’s
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 06, 2020
Screening data from an Alzheimer’s drug trial suggests that higher brain amyloid levels exist well before clinical symptoms appear.
Four lifestyle factors that can add disease-free years to your life
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 06, 2020
Having a body mass index lower than 25 and two of three other lifestyle factors is linked to more years lived without chronic illness, say researchers.
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, April 7
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 06, 2020
Surgical masks appropriate for most COVID-19 treatment, finds study … Coronavirus is aerosolized through talking, exhalation … Fiber consumption linked to lower breast cancer risk … African Americans...
COVID-19 side effect: critical drugs in short supply
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 05, 2020
Demand has skyrocketed for drugs ranging from asthma inhalers and antibiotics to sedatives needed for mechanical ventilation.