First generics of blood thinner Eliquis approved… FDA receives $91 million funding increase for 2020 … Few pharmacies provide antibiotic disposal instructions, survey shows
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, August 6
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 06, 2020
Proposed 9% cuts to therapy ‘potentially devastating’ … Medicare Part D favors generic drugs, say investigators … Novavax finds promising results in coronavirus vaccine trials … Bisphosphonates...
Clinical Briefs for Monday, April 13
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2020
More than 2,200 COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes … Lack of data, testing puts residents at risk of coronavirus: provider survey … More evidence found that ultrasound can aid in delivering future Alzheimer’s...
Diabetes risk impacted more by excess weight than genetics, experts say
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 01, 2020
Bringing weight below an individualized “trigger” threshold could prevent or even reverse the disease, the results of a new study indicate.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, March 17
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 17, 2022
FDA to host public workshop addressing gaps in opioid prescriber education content … Frailty in rheumatoid arthritis reversible with treatment and exercise … FDA approves Symbicort aerosol generic...
Clinical Briefs for Friday, December 6
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 05, 2019
Opinion: FDA’s lax generic drug oversight puts seniors at risk … Study supports non-drug treatment for early diabetes symptoms … Bipartisan bill would create Office of Alzheimer’s Disease in Florida...
Healthy lifestyle may lower dementia risk despite genetics
May 26, 2022
Higher midlife scores in the Life’s Simple 7 lifestyle health risk test are associated with a lower risk for dementia, a new study finds.
LTC operator adds genetic testing program to improve care for residents with complex needs
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 31, 2022
Frontier Management Group has partnered with a pharmacogenetics provider to help fine-tune medication management in an increasingly frail resident population, the company says.
Gene therapy improves or reverses age-related disease in mice
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 05, 2019
Three longevity-associated genes dramatically improved or completely reversed multiple age-related diseases in mice, researchers have found.
Clinical Briefs for Friday, September 6
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 05, 2019
Depression identified as genetic cause of 20 distinct diseases … For pressure ulcer prevention, expensive air mattresses have little benefit over specialist foam … Social networking sites affect nurses’...