Supreme Court won’t review healthcare workers’ challenge to Maine vaccine mandate
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 23, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear arguments in a lawsuit that would allow healthcare workers to apply for religious exemptions to Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
FDA halts use of REGEN-COV, Eli Lilly monoclonal antibodies
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 26, 2022
The Food and Drug Administration has revoked its emergency use authorizations for two monoclonal antibody cocktails that have served as COVID-19 treatment mainstays in long-term care facilities.
Program pairs nursing students with long-term care facilities to address staffing crisis
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 01, 2021
Long-term care providers EmpRes Healthcare and Pennant Healthcare are partners in the state-funded externship program with the University of Washington School of Nursing.
New treatment guidelines for chronic constipation in adults published
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Alicia Lasek
May 22, 2023
The new guidelines cover management of chronic idiopathic constipation, a common disorder that affects 8% to 12% of U.S. adults.
With education and a doc’s OK, most seniors agree to deprescribe unneeded meds: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 10, 2023
Seniors are willing to take their doctor’s advice to discontinue an unneeded medication after viewing an educational video, investigators say.
NIH highlights decade of Alzheimer’s advancements tied to small business investments
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 11, 2021
A new paper showcases the results of 11 years of federal investment in dementia research, including advancements in care intervention, diagnostics and therapeutics.
Skin tear education program brings docs and nurses together in post-acute care
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2022
The pilot program at a post-acute care hospital in Toronto successfully brought physicians and nurses out of their silos and revealed an opportunity to correct inefficiencies, geriatricians say.
Dementia risk rises with younger age of type 2 diabetes onset: study
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 30, 2021
The odds of dementia in later life are greater the younger an adult is when diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, investigators say. But prediabetes and late-life diabetes diagnoses are not linked to subsequent...
Scientists say they’ve zeroed in on a cause of Alzheimer’s
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 03, 2021
Researchers from the University of California, Riverside say they have uncovered a reason why some people with plaques and tangles in their brains do not develop Alzheimer’s disease.
Reduced sense of smell linked to increased risk of late-life depression
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 27, 2023
A reduced sense of smell has long been associated with dementia in older adults. Now there is evidence that the issue may also be linked to late-life depression.