NIH: Certain arthritis drugs lower incidence of Alzheimer’s in heart patients … Undercounting may hide new COVID-19 surge; whether that’s a problem depends on whom you ask … Collaboration between...
Clinical briefs for Friday, March 11
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 11, 2022
New dementia affects about 3% of adults with COVID-19 pneumonia … Omnibus spending bill contains provisions to extend telehealth waivers … Point-of-care screening for hearing loss leads to greater...
Clinical briefs for Monday, May 8
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Alicia Lasek
May 08, 2023
Pneumonia, not cytokine storm, a key driver of COVID-19 deaths: study … Assisted living held up as solution to ‘loneliness epidemic’ … CDC: Cigarette smoking at its lowest since 1965, least common...
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, June 11
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 10, 2020
Fully 20% of people with hearing aids do not use them, a new study finds … NIH: Smoking more than doubles stroke risk in African Americans … A senior living exec with COVID-19 has a message for providers:...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, May 30
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Alicia Lasek
May 29, 2023
CDC: COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths continue downward trend …Large study pinpoints 12 key symptoms of long COVID … Adults aged 70+ at risk of new post-COVID mental disorders … NIH: Inclusion of...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, March 30
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 30, 2022
Senators want answers on Medicaid recipients’ low vaccination rates … FDA approves diabetes drug Ozempic (semaglutide) in 2 mg dose … COVID-19 infection plus flu a dangerous combination: study …...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Jan. 10
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 10, 2022
Supreme Court grills attorneys over worker COVID-19 vaccination mandates … FDA shortens booster interval for Moderna vaccine to five months … Dementia prevalence estimated to increase to 152 million...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Nov. 12
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 12, 2020
NIH and Fauci: Treatments for early COVID infection ‘critical’ to getting pandemic under control … Moderna could begin analyzing COVID vaccine data within days … Low fitness linked to higher depression...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Dec. 1
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 01, 2022
Drug overdoses in seniors climb between 2000 and 2020 … Predictive clinical tool determines 5, 9 and 13-year risk of dementia … Remdesivir and corticosteroids tied to better COVID acute-care outcomes...
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, May 13
By
Alicia Lasek
May 12, 2020
Three-drug therapy speeds COVID-19 recovery in small trial … Our ability to focus may falter after eating one meal high in saturated fat … NIH: Coordinated strategy to accelerate multiple COVID-19...