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.
Lasting cognitive decline common in older COVID-19 patients: study
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 14, 2022
One year after hospital discharge, 9% of study participants who survived severe disease had dementia and 26% had mild cognitive impairment — a higher proportion than their uninfected peers, investigators...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 27
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 27, 2020
Universal mask-wearing could cut 130,000 U.S. COVID deaths by March, study finds … Hard physical labor ups dementia risk; ‘good’ activity has reverse effect … Surgery may help bridge the breast...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Jan. 11
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 11, 2021
ASHA urges governors to advocate for independent living residents in vaccine plans … HHS renews public health emergency due to COVID-19 … CDC: Consider confirming COVID-19 status with a PCR test in...
CDC data reveal drug types most linked to emergency department visits among seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 06, 2021
Emergency department visits for medication harm to older adults most frequently involve prescribed anticoagulants and diabetes drugs, according to a new federal study.
Infectious disease experts call on clinicians to recognize threat of RSV in elders
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 28, 2022
It’s time for clinicians to get up-to-date on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and help address the threat it poses to older adults, according to a new report and call to action from the National Foundation...
Hospital surges tied to lower COVID-19 survival rates; cases rising mostly in the unvaccinated
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2021
Surges accounted for about 1 in every 4 U.S. COVID-19 hospital deaths through Oct. 2020, analysts say. This trend continued even as more effective treatments became available.
Testing beats symptom screening to identify COVID-19 infections in senior living: study
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Alicia Lasek
May 21, 2020
Aggressive infection control using universal testing in a Seattle senior living community appeared to halt transmission and prevent an outbreak.
MA plans have same rate of post-heart attack survival as traditional Medicare: study
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 08, 2022
Researchers have discovered key changes in heart attack treatments and 30-day outcomes over a decade of Medicare Advantage expansion.
Lung problems persist among patients with COVID pneumonia, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 15, 2022
Nearly 40% of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia developed long-term pulmonary problems, no matter the severity of the original disease, the researchers report.