Nearly 40% of older adults look to unconventional medicine to ease symptoms: study
Aug 16, 2022
Older adults are flocking to integrative medicine, but few discuss their choices with a healthcare provider, a new study finds.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Aug. 12
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 12, 2022
Study shows PPE highly effective against COVID-19 in ER workers … Survey: Three-quarters of community pharmacies report staff shortages … COVID-19 death rate has held steady since spring … Researchers...
Study: Severity of injury — not age — predicts survival after brain trauma in seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 20, 2022
The oldest adults tended toward decreased mortality — and a subset of these patients had better-than-expected outcomes after falls and other incidents, investigators found.
CMS pushes for mandatory flu vax monitoring among nursing home staff
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 13, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services wants to adopt a new quality tracker to keep tabs on influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel in skilled nursing facilities.
Study: LTC residents with COVID-19 at risk for polypharmacy, new drug interactions
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2022
Across 41 Texas long-term care facilities, nearly 20% of residents with COVID-19 had drug-drug interactions related to treatment, and one-third continued new meds 30 days after diagnosis.
CMS: End to pandemic waivers helps nursing homes ‘redirect efforts’ to meet residents’ needs
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 08, 2022
A sweeping phase-out of early COVID-19 pandemic allowances, such as the nurse aide certification waiver, addresses concerns about SNF residents’ physical, mental and psychosocial well-being, the agency...
Who most fears falling? Older women who live alone, study reveals
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 06, 2022
Clinical factors such as hypertension and stroke were also linked to distress about potential falls in 70% of the surveyed study participants.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, March 31
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 31, 2022
White House’s new one-stop COVID.com site has the long game in mind … Fauci expects rebound in COVID-19 cases, but not a surge … Higher cognitive reserve levels linked to disability-free survival...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, March 30
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 30, 2022
Senators want answers on Medicaid recipients’ low vaccination rates … FDA approves diabetes drug Ozempic (semaglutide) in 2 mg dose … COVID-19 infection plus flu a dangerous combination: study …...
Docs struggle with making MCI diagnoses, 2022 Alzheimer’s report finds
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2022
Less than half of primary care physicians surveyed report being comfortable diagnosing mild cognitive impairment that’s due to Alzheimer’s disease. Fully 90% told researchers that it is “hard...