‘Not necessarily benign’: Geriatricians address safety as seniors turn to CBD for chronic conditions
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 29, 2021
Seniors increasingly are using cannabidiol, or CBD, to help manage a variety of chronic disease symptoms. A new paper from the Gerontological Society of America tackles key questions about safety and side...
Risk of COVID-19 death rare in vaccinated, even among at-risk seniors with comorbidities: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 10, 2022
Investigators drew on data from 1.2 million U.S. patients who completed a primary vaccination series by October 2021. Severe COVID-19 outcomes, including respiratory failure, ICU admission, or death, were...
Newly identified ‘auto-antibody’ mechanism may play key role in seniors’ COVID deaths
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 23, 2021
The finding may explain why some people — and notably older adults — suffer more severe COVID-19 illness than others. The discovery has implications for treatment timing and vaccination, investigators...
Simultaneous flu and COVID shots work well in older adults, new study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 16, 2021
Given together, the vaccines are safe and spur a robust antibody response, a first-of-its-kind trial finds.