Quad high-dose flu shot linked to fewer hospitalizations in older adults
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 31, 2024
Older adults who received the quadrivalent (four-strain) high-dose flu shot (QIV-HD) were hospitalized less for influenza and other conditions compared with people who received the standard quadrivalent...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Jan. 31
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 31, 2024
Gut health has a say in respiratory virus severity, study finds … Virtual reality’s push into palliative care … Smoking ups ALS odds by 12%
Playing musical instrument linked to better brain health in older adults, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 30, 2024
A new study ties playing a musical instrument to better memory and executive function (the ability to perform complex tasks).
Some health experts question WHO’s latest COVID-19 prevention rules
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Kristen Fischer
Jan 30, 2024
The World Health Organization recently published COVID-19 prevention and infection control guidelines, but some experts don’t think the standards incorporate enough of what healthcare workers learned...
Periodontitis, brain scans show possible link with Alzheimer’s, dementia
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 30, 2024
Periodontitis may sound as if it’s strictly an oral health problem, but a study published Jan. 26 in Alzheimer’s & Dementia loosely links it to the risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Jan. 30
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 30, 2024
Study urges experts to rethink KTP as Parkinson’s treatment … Food insecurity linked to higher risk for early death, shorter life expectancy … Models could make geriatric pre-surgery standards a...
People at severe COVID-19 risk got less treatment than lower-risk patients; study exposes N95 mask fit...
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 29, 2024
Two new studies shed more light on how people used measures to prevent and treat COVID-19.
Antibiotics, reflux drugs raise C. diff risk
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 29, 2024
Antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors may not be the best mix, according to a study published Jan. 24 in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Flu activity slowing worldwide as professor debunks sickness advice
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 29, 2024
Flu prevalence still is going up in some countries in the Northern Hemisphere, but overall, it is declining, according to a new report. The news comes as another recent study examined the advice of eating...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Jan. 29
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 29, 2024
Potassium-enriched salt can help with hypertension … Report points out missing details for drugs marketed to older adults … Cardiac monitor brings similar stroke risk with, without Afib