Here’s how SNFs “held their ground” during omicron surge … CDC to start gauging COVID-19 restriction levels by local cases, hospitalizations … CDC adds physical inactivity and immunodeficiency...
Ouch: Falls injuries continue to rise among U.S. seniors, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 24, 2022
Despite ongoing prevention efforts, falls injury rates are increasing by 1.5% annually among older adults, Medicare claims show. Limitations in long-term care coverage don’t help, investigators say.
Depression, anxiety among top 10 health problems that emerge years before Alzheimer’s symptoms
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 24, 2022
Scientists have identified the 10 health issues that are most likely to appear years before an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis. The findings may offer clinical targets for prevention, they say.
Supreme Court won’t review healthcare workers’ challenge to Maine vaccine mandate
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 23, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear arguments in a lawsuit that would allow healthcare workers to apply for religious exemptions to Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Feb. 24
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 24, 2022
12 women named Veteran VIPs in McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards … 3 Moderna shots offer 99% protection against omicron, delta hospitalization … COVID-19 infections fall by 90% from pandemic...
Antipsychotic reduction in LTC leads to drug substitutions, more delusions diagnoses
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 16, 2022
Antipsychotic reduction in long-term care facilities likely results in significant unintended fallout, new data from Canada show. The results mirror those of similar studies in the United States, with...
Switch to race-neutral equation would affect millions of U.S. kidney patients: study
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 16, 2022
A highly recommended transition away from race-based measurements of kidney function resulted in new kidney disease classifications for 5.5 million patients in an analysis of 39,000, investigators say.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Feb. 16
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 16, 2022
Impaired nasal cavity cells may explain early loss of smell in Alzheimer’s … COVID-19 cases fall by 40% across U.S.; virus hangs on in certain areas … Senate narrowly confirms Robert Califf to lead...
FDA authorizes monoclonal antibody that tackles omicron
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 15, 2022
Bebtelovimab is greenlit for treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in patients at high risk of severe disease. The move comes amid a federal push to increase supply of effective therapies.
CDC: Coronavirus booster protection fades after 4 months
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 15, 2022
Two new studies highlight the need to keep up with recommended vaccinations — especially for older adults.