Ten-year stroke mortality higher among Black Medicare recipients
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 22, 2021
A notable disparity in long-term death rates after ischemic stroke suggests that clinicians may need to take a closer look at the post-stroke recovery period — especially during the first year, researchers...
Clinical briefs for Monday, March 22
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 22, 2021
LTC staff more accepting of vaccination, study shows … FDA approves J&J’s multiple sclerosis treatment … Gout management urgently needed during pandemic, rheumatologists say … CDC posts COVID...
Clinical briefs for Friday, March 19
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 19, 2021
New HHS Secretary Becerra considered ‘friend of long-term care causes’ … U.K. nursing home staff passed B117 COVID variants to residents in early winter, study finds … 1 in 3 older thyroid disease...
Rare COVID reinfections more common in adults age 65 years and up: study
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 19, 2021
Seniors are more likely to contract COVID-19 again — with only 47% protection against repeat infection, compared with 80% for younger people, according to a new, large-scale study from Denmark.
Feds halt an Eli Lilly antibody therapy in 3 states due to variant fears, while boosting the treatment...
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 19, 2021
A COVID-19 variant circulating widely in California, Arizona and Nevada has rendered bamlanivimab alone ineffective, an FDA official reports. But Lilly says an approved alternative treatment “maintains...
Anticipating B117 surge, experts urge continued focus on elders, deferred 2nd vaccine doses
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2021
Infectious disease and vaccine experts have laid out a plan for thwarting yet another uptick in transmission and illness. A new surge is likely by the end of April, they say in a CIDRAP report.
Geriatrician endorses creative steps to reduce delirium due to COVID
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2021
Early steps must be taken to detect and address delirium in older adults with COVID-19, says physician and researcher Sharon Inouye, M.D., MPH. Delirium is not included in the CDC’s case report criteria...
Sleep, not depression, may be top concern with beta blocker use: study
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2021
Depression did not occur any more frequently during beta blockers treatment than with a placebo, but some patients developed sleep-related symptoms, investigators found.
CMS approves contactless tracking in Kentucky nursing homes
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2021
The agency has approved a $6.7 million proposal by Trilogy Health Services for a smart-entry screening platform to be implemented across 285 Kentucky Medicare-certified nursing homes.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, March 18
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2021
Feds invest $255 million more in COVID tests for long-term care, but some say vaccines, funding are more urgent needs … PharmaCorr spin-off to expand post-acute, LTC services … FDA approves Melinta’s...