Aggressive end-of-life cancer care remains common in nursing homes: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 22, 2023
Cancer patients in nursing homes receive more aggressive end-of-life care than their community-dwelling peers, despite a push to reduce treatments that compromise quality of life, investigators say.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Feb. 23
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 22, 2023
Bipartisan group pushes CMS to expand coverage for Alzheimer’s treatments … COVID pill Legevrio doesn’t prevent household transmission, clinical trial finds … AHCA wants to know for study if you...
Laxatives linked to increased risk for dementia
Feb 22, 2023
Regular use of osmotic laxatives or multiple laxative types may raise the odds of all-cause or vascular dementia, a new study finds. Osmotic laxatives were tied to a 64% increase in risk.
Norovirus cases on the rise; stomach ailment often targets seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 12, 2023
Cases of norovirus infection, a common scourge of long-term care facilities, have risen steadily across the US in recent months, CDC data show.
Portable air purifiers cut airborne pathogens by 64 percent in SNF study
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 12, 2023
The devices also keep up to 90% of infectious airborne particles from entering a neighboring room, researchers said.
Known risk factors don’t explain vast contrasts in cognitive abilities as we age: study
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 12, 2023
At age 54, key factors linked to cognitive abilities — such as education — explained only 38% of the variation in functioning among study participants.
Clinical briefs for Monday, Feb. 13
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 12, 2023
Pay good providers more to care for people with dementia, researchers urge … With scope unknown, nursing homes brace for new schizophrenia audits … CDC recommends COVID vaccine as routine immunization...
Medicare eligibility comes with increase in tooth loss, Harvard study reveals
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 10, 2023
When patients become eligible for Medicare coverage, restorative dental care immediately falls and tooth loss increases, a new study from Harvard University and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has found.
Vitamin D intake linked to lower risk for progression to diabetes
Feb 07, 2023
For people with prediabetes, vitamin D supplementation also raises the likelihood of return to normal glucose regulation, physician-researchers say.
Marriage, acrimonious or not, appears to protect blood sugar levels in seniors, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 10, 2023
The findings underscore the potential for clinical implications when a patient loses a cohabiting relationship later in life, investigators say.