Telehealth for kidney care receives mixed response from older adults, physicians
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 09, 2021
Patient and physician interviews highlighted the benefits and drawbacks of telehealth for older, chronically ill adults. Clinicians were generally dissatisfied, while patients expressed more balanced perspectives,...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Dec. 9
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 09, 2021
Incontinence is a serious comorbid condition, not just a hygiene challenge, researchers contend … Algorithm-aided MRI predicts dementia progression with 94% accuracy … Cancer diagnoses fell by up to...
Fauci: Early data show omicron spreads quickly but with less severity than delta
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 08, 2021
Omicron cases appear to have led to fewer hospitalizations and patients have been less likely to need oxygen, the White House’s infectious disease expert said Tuesday.
Cataract surgery strongly linked to lower dementia risk
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 08, 2021
Older adults who have had cataract surgery are nearly 30% less likely to develop dementia from any cause when compared with their peers who have not, a new study finds.
Generic for Viagra holds promise as Alzheimer’s disease treatment, Cleveland Clinic researchers say
Dec 08, 2021
Users of sildenafil are 69% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than their peers who do not use the drug, investigators report. A clinical trial to confirm its benefits for Alzheimer’s patients...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Dec. 8
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 08, 2021
Current antibody treatments may not protect against omicron variant, but new drugs are in development … Duodopa improves quality of life in late-stage Parkinson’s disease … CDC pours $22M into fighting...
Self-administered test detects mild dementia changes earlier, developer says
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2021
New study results support the accuracy of the Self-Administered Gerocognitive Exam, giving clinicians a proven, objective measurement tool to aid in making treatment decisions over time, say researchers...
Severe breakthrough cases spiked among seniors after delta appeared: study
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2021
The more time that had elapsed since vaccination, the greater the odds of severe reinfection illness for older patients, physicians from Yale University found. The results highlight the need for timely...
Clinician ‘inertia’? Many still favoring warfarin over safer direct-acting anticoagulants
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2021
Many clinicians participating in the Medicare Part D program have continued to prescribe warfarin over direct-acting oral anticoagulants, despite evidence that the latter drugs are safer and more effective...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Dec. 7
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2021
More than half of this city’s COVID-19 dead had diabetes … Blood pressure spiked during lockdown phase of pandemic, Cleveland Clinic finds … Omicron may quickly overtake delta variant in U.S. but...