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
By
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 Friday, April 22
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Apr 22, 2022
New data: AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 antibody Evusheld confers 83% protection at six months … Simple test in certain pneumonia patients could help cut broad-spectrum antibiotics use … Faster onset of...
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...
Clinical briefs for Friday, Sept. 10
By
Amy Novotney
Sep 10, 2021
WHO Director calls on U.S. and other wealthy countries to hold off on booster shots … NIH adds two new centers to its research network of Alzheimer’s and related dementias … 83% of blood donors have...
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.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, June 16
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 16, 2021
NIH spotlights promising nasal spray antibody treatment for COVID … Anticoagulation therapy linked to lower COVID death rates: study … Spurned LTC pharmacies push again to receive Provider Relief Funds...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, April 14
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 14, 2021
NIH updates monoclonal antibody COVID treatment protocols … Surveyed community pharmacists say vaccine supply is bigger problem than patient reluctance … B.1.1.7 variant more transmissible but does...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, May 25
By
Alicia Lasek
May 25, 2021
State ALA argues for continuing the broadened scope of nursing practices after pandemic … Pulmonary rehab not easily accessible for many older adults with COPD … ‘Complete revision’ of body mass...