Omicron hospital illness 54% deadlier than flu, study finds … Drug linked to lower risk of dementia for people with diabetes … Moderna announces plan for no-cost COVID vaccine … Scientists move closer...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Aug. 14
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 14, 2023
Playing football may increase Parkinson’s risk … Researchers discover therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease … NIH trials fail to deliver meaningful long COVID treatments … Research looks...
Clinical briefs for Friday, Nov. 4
By
John Roszkowski
Nov 04, 2022
Treatment found effective for patients with chronic kidney disease … Scientists develop new mathematical model of Alzheimer’s disease … Biden to overhaul Medicare Shared Savings Program … NIH backs...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Oct. 19
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2020
WHO: Remdesivir doesn’t prevent COVID deaths … Brain stimulation eases Alzheimer’s apathy in study … Major players in vaccine supply chain warn that distribution will be difficult … NIH to test...
NIH: Home Test to Treat program to go national, cover COVID-19 and flu
By
Liza Berger
Dec 07, 2023
The National Institutes of Health disclosed on Wednesday that the federal government has expanded its COVID-19 Home Test to Treat program nationally. The program began as a pilot in select locations earlier...
Antigen tests just as effective as PCR in preventing COVID outbreaks, NIH study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 02, 2021
A “highly anticipated” study now shows that both testing approaches can give 98% sensitivity when used at least twice weekly in a screening program.
Clinical briefs for Monday, Nov. 20
Nov 20, 2023
New study highlights urgent need for specific biomarkers in vascular cognitive impairment and dementia diagnosis … $3.9 million NIH grant supports research on effects of integrated palliative care on...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, April 12
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2022
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
By
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...