Phone-based therapy beneficial for depression in Parkinson’s disease … Sending COVID-19-positive residents to hospital may be wrong ‘knee-jerk’ reaction … CDC releases COVID-19 infection...
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, December 12
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 11, 2019
Inappropriate antibiotics given to 22% of seniors … Use of pain, sleep meds increases frailty risk in the elderly … Triplet study shows that genes aren’t the only factor in Alzheimer’s...
Flu vaccines ineffective in adults over 65, analyses assert
By
McKnight's Staff
Oct 26, 2012
A flurry of recent studies has shown that flu shots don’t offer much protection against influenza in elderly people who have received the vaccine, a recent report suggests.
CMS: Part D offerings to expand, prices won’t
By
Haymarket Media
Oct 03, 2006
Medicare Part D drug plan beneficiaries will have access to more changes next year — at this year’s prices, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, June 30
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 30, 2020
Owners take rare step to isolate with residents during pandemic … Causal link found between air pollution and elders’ increased mortality … Gene study shows how Alzheimer’s affects genders differently...
President’s budget proposal cuts Medicaid payments to providers by $28.8 billion over 10 years
Feb 15, 2011
President Obama released his $3.7 trillion budget for FY 2012 Monday, and it would lower Medicaid payments to healthcare providers by $28.8 billion over 10 years.
Survey: Prices for seniors’ drugs rise twice as fast (again)
By
Haymarket Media
Aug 17, 2005
The average prices of drugs that elderly Americans use most often rose more than twice as fast as general inflation last year, according to survey results released Tuesday. It’s the third straight...
AARP: High drug costs could hurt benefits of Part D program
By
Haymarket Media
Apr 14, 2005
Wholesale prices for brand-name prescription drugs are rising so high they might work against the benefits of the new drug benefit that is expected to take effect this January, according to AARP, which...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Feb. 22
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 22, 2021
Pfizer vaccine’s deep-freeze storage and second shot may be unnecessary … For-profit nursing homes are ‘worst performers’ in COVID infection control analysis … Researchers pinpoint too-low diastolic...
Alzheimer’s vaccine shows promise in lab tests
May 21, 2008
A new vaccine for Alzheimer’s disease offers new hope in the laboratories of the University of Rochester Medical Center.