Study: Some 56% of people don’t know they are contagious, omicron study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 19, 2022
This lack of awareness about asymptomatic infections likely had a role in rapid transmission during the omicron wave, investigators say.
Nearly 40% of older adults look to unconventional medicine to ease symptoms: study
Aug 16, 2022
Older adults are flocking to integrative medicine, but few discuss their choices with a healthcare provider, a new study finds.
Variant-adapted COVID shot approved in U.K.; Novavax requests U.S. booster nod
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 16, 2022
Novavax wants its U.S. vaccine authorization to extend to a booster shot, and the U.K. has approved a two-component vaccine that directly tackles the omicron variant.
Poll: Most vaccinated seniors plan to pursue updated COVID booster shots
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 12, 2022
Fully 61% of previously vaccinated seniors are “very likely” to pursue vaccination with the upgraded shots expected to be authorized this fall.
Extend PHE while updating COVID protocols, nursing home advocate urges feds
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 10, 2022
Safety and quality of life in LTC settings are not mutually exclusive, Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of AHCA/NCAL told federal health officials Tuesday.
Pressure injuries found in 11% of SNF stroke rehab patients: study
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 08, 2022
Providing early care for pressure injuries during stroke rehab may help improve patients’ clinical outcomes and reduce associated costs, investigators say.
The impact of chronic disease and the inequitable burden of COVID-19 must be addressed as the U.S. moves into a new pandemic phase, two experts contend.
Study: Severity of injury — not age — predicts survival after brain trauma in seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 20, 2022
The oldest adults tended toward decreased mortality — and a subset of these patients had better-than-expected outcomes after falls and other incidents, investigators found.
Seniors with late-onset depression have poor treatment response
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 15, 2022
About one fifth of the patients aged 65 and older with first-time depression did not respond to antidepressant treatment during a one-year study period.
CDC: Fully 30 percent of Medicare outpatients treated with antibiotics for COVID-19
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 14, 2022
Antibiotics, chiefly azithromycin, were commonly prescribed to Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with COVID-19 during the pandemic’s first year, CDC researchers have found.