Advance care planning leads to comfort-focused cancer care, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 21, 2023
Cancer patients who engage in advance care planning are more likely to receive less aggressive, more comfort-based end-of-life care, researchers report.
Study pinpoints factors than cut residents’ risk of omicron infection
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 30, 2023
A study of nearly 1,000 residents underscores the importance of vaccine type and number of doses in maintaining protective immunity, and reducing the risk of breakthrough infections, investigators say.
Catheter-linked UTIs more likely to resist antibiotics, large study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 28, 2023
The results emphasize the need for urine sampling and culturing before treating catheter-associated UTIs, and the importance of considering therapeutic alternatives, investigators say.
Self-reported memory problems predict later dementia, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 02, 2022
People who report subjective examples of memory loss are more likely to develop dementia over a five-year followup period, investigators have found.
Commonwealth Fund report reveals ‘stunning’ rise in preventable deaths
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 23, 2023
Across the nation, a rise in preventable deaths and lack of access to healthcare will be among the most formidable health challenges facing states in the years ahead, according to a new report.
CMS survey: Many beneficiaries with chronic pain delaying care
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 22, 2023
A large subset of senior Medicare beneficiaries with debilitating chronic pain have trouble accessing care, or are delaying care, according to CMS survey results released Wednesday.
Resistance training improves sleep, cuts inflammation in seniors with sarcopenia
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 02, 2023
Seniors with age-related skeletal muscle loss improved their sleep and inflammatory status during a 12-week course of resistance exercise training.
Study confirms effectiveness of bivalent COVID booster; AHCA helps spread word
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 22, 2022
New data and support materials are available for clinicians who want to encourage more residents and staff to get the updated COVID-19 booster shot.
More than 53,000 nurse practitioners left the workforce in 2021, report finds
Oct 25, 2022
Nearly 334,000 healthcare providers left their jobs in 2021, including large numbers of physicians and nurses, according to an analysis of provider medical claims data.
Lawmakers seek to bolster Medicare, Medicaid mental health coverage
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2022
Senators cited constituent concerns about so-called ghost networks — listings of physicians who are unavailable to provide care.