Study: Shift to home COVID tests leads to vast undercount of cases
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 30, 2023
Home testing may have begun to interfere with the ability to accurately track COVID-19 case counts and positivity rates, investigators report.
VA’s narrative medicine program improves senior patient care, docs’ study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 25, 2023
Physicians said that the practice of narrative medicine changed how they framed patient decisions and helped them to guide seniors toward appropriate care.
Study: Falls rate nearly 50% for U.S. seniors with dementia; 3 factors raise risk
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 13, 2023
Nearly half of American seniors with dementia had one or more falls in the preceding year, according to a new analysis of 2016 data. Risk factors differed between seniors with and without dementia, investigators...
Most ‘long COVID’ symptoms resolve within a year, national study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 13, 2023
Patients who recover from mild COVID-19 are at risk for health issues tied to long COVID. Most of these problems resolve with a year — at least for those aged 60 and younger, a new study has found.
Tap water is not sterile for use in medical devices; many people unaware, CDC finds
Jan 13, 2023
Large numbers of Americans mistakenly believe that tap water is safe for use in home medical devices such as CPAP machines, a CDC survey reveals.
Peer messaging tool tackles workplace behavior, shows success in nurse study
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 06, 2023
The CORS tool allows behavior to be anonymously reported and addressed by a trained peer, without involving nursing leadership or human resources unless necessary.
U.S. releases Tamiflu doses from national stockpile as demand surges
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 22, 2022
The U.S. has opened more access to an influenza antiviral to help clinicians cope with rising demand during the worst flu season in a decade
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Dec. 21
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 21, 2022
Nursing home news is clinical news: Top industry stories from 2022 … National Alzheimer’s plan supports research, COVID testing in assisted living … Diabetes drugs Trulicity and Mounjaro in short...
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.
White House message on COVID-19 bivalent booster: ‘Don’t wait’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 12, 2022
Getting the updated bivalent COVID-19 booster is the single most important thing that older adults can do to protect their health, COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, said during a White...