Study: Assumption endures that Black LTC residents’ proxies reluctant to engage in advance care planning
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 27, 2022
Investigators have found a persistent assumption among nursing home clinicians, administrators and other staff that Black residents’ families prefer more intensive end-of-life interventions.
NAMS updates guidance for managing osteoporosis in older women
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 07, 2021
Lifelong treatment is required to keep osteoporosis under control in post-menopausal women, and hormone therapy is often the best choice to prevent further bone loss, according to the North American Menopause...
CMS to weigh national Medicare coverage for Aduhelm, other Alzheimer’s drugs
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 14, 2021
The agency is considering whether to establish a national coverage policy for monoclonal antibody drugs that treat Alzheimer’s disease, including the newly approved drug aducanumab (Aduhelm).
Moderate exercise in older age cuts hospital trips, finds study
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Alicia Lasek
May 07, 2020
Moderately active older adults were up to 27% less likely to have more than seven hospital admissions per year.
Unvaccinated have highest SARS-CoV-2 incidence, hospitalization
Feb 02, 2022
COVID-19 incidence and hospitalization rates are consistently higher for unvaccinated persons, and lowest for those fully vaccinated with a booster, according to research published Monday by the CDC.
Frequent exposure to unhealthy foods impacts spatial memory, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 24, 2019
Eating junk food may cause spatial memory loss that worsens as poor-diet days add up, a recent animal study has found.
Shortest possible antibiotic therapy protects UTI-prone patients, researchers report
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 18, 2023
Seven to 10 days of antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infection is an effective duration for preventing recurrence, a new study finds.
Mindfulness-based stress reduction safe, effective for anxiety disorders
Nov 10, 2022
In a randomized study, mindfulness-based stress reduction was found to be noninferior to Lexapro (escitalopram).
Candida auris outbreaks reported across Nevada skilled nursing and acute-care facilities
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 19, 2022
Nevada health officials have been investigating outbreaks of Candida auris since mid-April in “several” long-term care facilities, a local news outlet reports.
No quarantine for certain workers as CDC faces down omicron, staff shortages
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 04, 2022
Healthcare workers infected with SARS-CoV-2 may now return to work in seven days or less — and some exposed workers may be advised to remain on the job, the CDC now says.