Fully 20% of people with hearing aids do not use them, a new study finds … NIH: Smoking more than doubles stroke risk in African Americans … A senior living exec with COVID-19 has a message for providers:...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, May 30
By
Alicia Lasek
May 29, 2023
CDC: COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths continue downward trend …Large study pinpoints 12 key symptoms of long COVID … Adults aged 70+ at risk of new post-COVID mental disorders … NIH: Inclusion of...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Jan. 28
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 28, 2021
Americans’ reluctance to get vaccinated for COVID-19 is waning, new poll finds … Walgreens plans to complete administration of COVID-19 first doses in assisted living facilities by mid-February …...
Clinical briefs for Monday, March 25
By
John Roszkowski
Mar 25, 2024
Long genes linked to aging … Fat buildup in brain cells may cause Alzheimer’s … Drug shows no benefit for dry age-related macular degeneration in NIH trial … Neurologic disease may be higher for...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, March 30
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 30, 2022
Senators want answers on Medicaid recipients’ low vaccination rates … FDA approves diabetes drug Ozempic (semaglutide) in 2 mg dose … COVID-19 infection plus flu a dangerous combination: study …...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Jan. 10
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 10, 2022
Supreme Court grills attorneys over worker COVID-19 vaccination mandates … FDA shortens booster interval for Moderna vaccine to five months … Dementia prevalence estimated to increase to 152 million...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Nov. 12
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 12, 2020
NIH and Fauci: Treatments for early COVID infection ‘critical’ to getting pandemic under control … Moderna could begin analyzing COVID vaccine data within days … Low fitness linked to higher depression...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Dec. 1
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 01, 2022
Drug overdoses in seniors climb between 2000 and 2020 … Predictive clinical tool determines 5, 9 and 13-year risk of dementia … Remdesivir and corticosteroids tied to better COVID acute-care outcomes...
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, May 13
By
Alicia Lasek
May 12, 2020
Three-drug therapy speeds COVID-19 recovery in small trial … Our ability to focus may falter after eating one meal high in saturated fat … NIH: Coordinated strategy to accelerate multiple COVID-19...
Clinical briefs for Friday, April 21
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 21, 2023
CDC signs off on seniors’ receipt of 2nd omicron-adapted COVID booster … Cranberry juice cuts repeat UTIs in women by 25%, but no data on use in the elderly … Biden picks cancer surgeon to run NIH...