CMS memo: ‘Dramatic staff losses’ not happening due to vax requirements … Remdesivir found effective as early treatment for COVID-19 … Social isolation linked to 27% increase in heart disease risk...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Jan. 21
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 20, 2021
Vaccine successes: LTC advocates share effective tools to increase inoculation confidence among staff … More evidence shows Pfizer vaccine protects against UK virus strain … Pennsylvania launches retail...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Sept. 16
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 16, 2020
SNF Quality Reporting Program seeking public input on healthcare-associated infections measure … NIH increases funding for dementia study of Mexican Americans … Arthritis drug may help shorten COVID...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, March 3
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 03, 2021
Senior living chief medical officer reflects on COVID a year into pandemic, including vaccine acceptance … NIH halts convalescent plasma trial in ED patients with mild COVID symptoms … Stroke patients...
Clinical briefs for Friday, Dec. 10
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 10, 2021
Assisted living facilities may offer haven for older adults with serious mental illness … CDC chief: U.S. omicron infections have all been mild cases … Doc in overrun hospital laments ‘domino effect’...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Feb. 10
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 10, 2021
Establish skeletal age to predict patient’s fracture risk, researchers say … Pandemic has ‘profoundly affected’ osteoporosis care, survey shows … NYC nursing home gave residents hydroxychloroquine...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, April 28
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 28, 2021
No link found between heart inflammation and COVID shots … NIH to test antibiotic that could allow noninvasive treatment of high-risk Staph infections … Pfizer CEO expects oral COVID vaccine to be...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Dec. 10
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 10, 2020
November flu rates lower than in 2019, pharmacy giant says … NIH: Older women with common breast cancer may not require chemotherapy … Peripheral neuropathy linked to higher mortality risk … Alzheimer’s...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Oct. 6
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 06, 2021
Older adults less likely to recover smell, taste after COVID illness than their under-40 peers … CDC: Reduce citations with these antibiotic stewardship tools … Unvaccinated student nurses face disenrollment...
Seniors on common maintenance drugs face fewer COVID-19 risks, NIH study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 20, 2022
Drugs used regularly in the long-term care population may help prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection and poor COVID-19 outcomes, investigators say.