Study: Spinal cord stimulation may improve posture in people with Parkinson’s … Cannabis contaminants may raise Parkinson’s risk, report says … Study: Immune cells can outlive organisms … Moderna’s...
Group defines long COVID in effort to unify healthcare entities, improve medical responses
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 12, 2024
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has published a new report that better defines long COVID. The group put together the consensus document at the federal government’s...
Sitting more lowers odds of healthy aging, new report finds
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 12, 2024
Sedentary behavior is associated with lowering a woman’s odds of healthy aging, while light physical activity is linked to better odds of healthy aging, according to a new report.
Study: Higher dementia risk among 9/11 attack responders tied to greater debris exposure
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 12, 2024
People who responded to the World Trade Center attacks in 2001 and had more serious exposure to dust or debris were at a higher risk for developing dementia before they were 65, according to a study published...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, June 13
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 12, 2024
Study: Kidney disease in women linked to tooth loss … Heat raises heart blood flow, report shows … Smartwatches may aid in Parkinson’s progression … Report: Exercise in evening may better control...
Analytics firm takes on EHR giant PointClickCare in ‘life and death’ information sharing lawsuit
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 12, 2024
Real Time Medical Systems has asked a federal judge to force the nation’s largest post-acute EHR provider to keep its clients’ data accessible, saying information blocking “will cause needless patient...
Bill demands prison time for nursing home investors guilty of ‘corporate greed’
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 12, 2024
A new Senate bill adds the threat of six years of prison time and considerable financial clawbacks and penalties for executives found to have “looted” healthcare organizations such as nursing homes,...
Pittsburgh nursing homes under fire may close if bankruptcy sale is blocked
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 12, 2024
A group of four nursing homes could face permanent closure if approval for a pending sale is denied. The facilities’ owners have already found a buyer as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization,...
Also in the News for Thursday, June 13, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 12, 2024
New definition of long COVID delivers clarity, direction … Proposed federal regulation would remove medical debt from credit scores … Elder Justice Coordinating Council marks 10 years of elder justice...
Something tells us they’re into something good: Immanuel unites region’s seniors with Hermits, music,...
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 12, 2024
It’s common for senior care providers to look for ways to celebrate their residents, but few take it to as large a scale as Omaha, NE-based Immanuel Communities.