Vigorous exercise may guard against death from Alzheimer’s disease
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Kristen Fischer
Dec 18, 2023
Engaging in vigorous activity compared to moderate exercise may lower the rate of dying from Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. The study was published in the December issue of The Lancet...
Nursing home staff retention may improve care quality, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 11, 2021
Caregiver retention is an important but nuanced metric for those looking to improve quality of care in nursing homes, an investigator has found.
Bariatric residents have a six-fold chance of developing type 2 diabetes
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 16, 2019
Bariatric residents may be six times as likely to develop type 2 diabetes as their normal-weight peers, according to Danish researchers.
Hip replacement patients ‘present a worrying picture’ regarding post-surgery exercise, investigators...
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Donna Shryer
Jun 21, 2021
Additional efforts are needed to help patients get up to a healthy level of physical activity following total hip arthroplasty, according to the results of a recent study published in The Journal of Bone...
CDC program aims to boost sepsis care, prevent complications
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 28, 2023
A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiative to better treat sepsis in hospitals could help long-term care communities launch and optimize sepsis care programs.
Age plays bigger role than politics in COVID-19 vaccinations: researchers
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John Roszkowski
Jul 07, 2022
Older adults are much more likely to get vaccinated against COVID-19 than younger adults regardless of their political beliefs or affiliation, new research has found.
Prediction tools miscalculate type 2 diabetes risk in racial groups, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
May 19, 2023
Common tools used by clinicians to predict the risk of type 2 diabetes are consistently miscalibrated in regards to race, raising the likelihood of over- and undertreatment, researchers say.
Large-scale study to test cannabinoid use in Parkinson’s-related psychosis
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 14, 2019
A large-scale British trial is set to test whether cannabinoids can effectively treat hallucinations and delusions in Parkinson’s disease.
Whole grains are on the menu, but older Americans should add more, CDC says
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 12, 2019
Whole grains account for nearly 20% of older adults’ total grain intake. The amount has risen, but falls short of the 50% recommended.
Social support tied to lower mortality in older women with colorectal cancer
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 23, 2020
Women with few social supports had 42% higher cancer mortality than their better-connected peers, a Kaiser Permanente study has found.