Regular use of osmotic laxatives or multiple laxative types may raise the odds of all-cause or vascular dementia, a new study finds. Osmotic laxatives were tied to a 64% increase in risk.
AHA advisory calls for regaining ‘lost ground’ in women’s heart health
May 10, 2022
Key indicators of women’s cardiovascular health are flagging, including blood pressure control, weight management and diabetes, AHA advisers say.
Psychiatrists create telemedicine best practices for managing psychosis in LTC
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 19, 2022
Properly managed telepsychiatry may ease the challenges of care for nursing home residents with psychosis, and possibly help some facility operators to expand their care offerings, an expert panel says.
FDA moves to discard hearing aid prescription rule in favor of OTC devices
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 20, 2021
Adults with mild to moderate hearing loss would be able to obtain certain air-conduction hearing aids without a prescription under a new proposed rule. Whether this change would benefit long-term care...
Genesis facilities resolve allegations in connection with denying admission to opioid-dependent seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 09, 2021
Prospective residents were taking either buprenorphine or methadone for opioid use disorder. Twelve SNFs must pay civil penalties, adopt non-discrimination policy and provide training on civil rights laws...
Eye drop corrects late-life vision loss in trial; Allergan reports patients’ feedback
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Alicia Lasek
May 10, 2021
Trial participants reported significant near-vision improvements under low-light conditions — without losing distance vision, reports Allergan, which is seeking FDA approval for the drug.
Frailty needs to be a factor in drug development, proposed guidelines suggest
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Kristen Fischer
Mar 20, 2024
A new report on strategies for geriatric drug development and assessment determined that drugs need to consider age as well as other factors that older adults face such as cognitive impairment, frailty...
CMS, OIG agree on increasing scrutiny of psychotropic drug use
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Joe Bush
Nov 18, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be increasing its oversight of the use of psychotropic drugs to pay closer attention to certain classes, warned the lead author of a federal report identifying...
Omitting race, ethnicity in clinical risk models may lead to worse care, cancer study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 20, 2023
Removing race and ethnicity from clinical risk prediction algorithms may backfire, results from a new study of cancer care suggest.
CDC: More nursing homes now can obtain, provide single-dose COVID vaccines
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 20, 2022
Nursing homes that are not already enrolled as full providers in the CDC’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program now can apply to provide shots directly to residents and staff.