While more than 3,200 Americans have died in Iraq since the United States invaded that nation in March 2003, about 120,000 Americans have died in their own country during the same period after losing battles...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, July 29
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 29, 2021
Some Florida nursing homes limit visitation as COVID-19 cases triple … More LTC operators require vaccination for staff as new coronavirus variants raise infections rates … CDC’s indoor mask mandate...
Clinical briefs for Monday, May 3
By
Alicia Lasek
May 03, 2021
Feds push combo therapy treatments in LTC to combat new COVID variants … People connections buoyed elders during pandemic, investigators say … Task force pinpoints eldercare services that drive up...
Apathy linked to increased dementia risk
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 16, 2020
A nine-year study found that people with severe loss of interest in daily activities are at a higher risk of dementia. Greater apathy also was tied to worse cognitive scores.
Senior entrepreneurship expert honored
Sep 20, 2016
Senior entrepreneurship expert Elizabeth Isele was awarded Fielding University’s Creative Longevity and Wisdom Award at the Positive Aging Conference in Washington, DC.
Researchers I.D. barriers to care as Alzheimer’s diagnoses in Latinos explode
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 30, 2018
It’s no shock that Alzheimer’s diagnoses are expected to rocket upward over the coming decades — but researchers say one group will bear an unfair share of the burden and may be the least...
Robust response to virus variants expected in former COVID patients and the vaccinated
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 31, 2021
Blood samples from recovered COVID-19 patients show that they and their vaccinated peers should be able to fend off the virus and its variants in future encounters, NIH researchers say.
Vaccines protect against omicron’s fast-spreading sister variant, BA.2, new data show
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 01, 2022
COVID-19 vaccines will continue to protect the public against a spinoff omicron gene variant that’s making inroads across the United States, new data from the United Kingdom suggest.
Geriatric hospital study reveals workers’ role in COVID outbreaks
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 20, 2022
A new study highlights how gaps in infection control practices may help spread COVID-19 between healthcare workers and patients.
Scientists grow ‘mini brains’ that mimic Parkinson’s disease
By
Amy Novotney
Sep 09, 2021
For the first time, scientists have grown tiny brains in laboratory dishes that mirror the major pathological features of Parkinson’s disease. The research offers a new way to learn how the disease progresses...