Routine vaccinations among older Medicare beneficiaries have not yet recovered from their pandemic slump. Stepped-up efforts to resolve the disruption are necessary, and may give clinicians a chance to...
CDC: Proactive testing leads to fewer COVID cases in long-term care
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 18, 2020
Facilities with a preventive COVID-19 testing strategy experienced far fewer infections compared with facilities that conducted tests in response to illness, according to a county-wide study in Georgia.
Older women account for highest rates of rising antidepressant use: CDC
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 08, 2020
From 2009 to 2018, women alone accounted for rising antidepressant use in adults, the CDC has found. Researchers have also tied the COVID-19 pandemic to a three-fold increase in depression.
Delaying facility wide testing following first known case could lead to more COVID-19 cases, CDC finds
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Danielle Brown
Aug 13, 2020
Providers that hold off on conducting widespread coronavirus testing at their facilities following an initial case of COVID-19 could exacerbate the spread of the disease throughout the building, new research...
Nearly half of U.S. adults risk severe COVID-19 due to chronic conditions: CDC
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 27, 2020
The prevalence of common conditions tied to severe COVID-19 ranged from 30% for obesity to 3% for chronic kidney disease, the agency reports.
CDC: More than a quarter of seniors fall each year
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2020
About 27% of adults aged 65 and older said they’d fallen at least once in the past year. And more than 10% were injured as a result, the latest data shows.
Healthcare workers account for at least 20% of COVID-19 cases
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 15, 2020
The number comes from state reports and is likely an underestimation, according to the CDC.
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, April 8
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 07, 2020
Sleep apnea linked to Alzheimer’s brain changes …. Adding patient frailty measures to Medicare payment model could lead to fairer clinician reimbursement … Flu cases down, while hospitalizations...
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, April 2
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 01, 2020
FDA orders all Zantac heartburn products off store shelves … Scientists discover gene that increases risk of Alzheimer’s disease … New CDC report adds evidence that underlying conditions raise...