FDA no longer requires positive COVID-19 test to prescribe Paxlovid, Lagevrio
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 01, 2023
The FDA on Wednesday made it easier for clinicians to prescribe these antiviral drugs in cases where transmission is evident and the patient is at high risk of severe illness.
Medical cannabis may help seniors taper opioids for chronic pain: study
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 01, 2023
Patients’ daily opioid doses were reduced by up to 51% of baseline 8 months after receiving a medical cannabis prescription, researchers found.
Large new study links social isolation to dementia risk
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 02, 2023
Compared to other risk factors for dementia such as genetic tendencies, social isolation may be easier to modify, investigators say.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Feb. 2
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 02, 2023
Residents key to employee bivalent vaccination at this CCRC … Community pharmacies report ongoing shortages of diabetes meds, other drugs … Arthritis drug Humira gets a rival, but costs to remain high...
Analysis: Medication adherence spotty among U.S. diabetes patients
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 01, 2023
A sizable percentage of patients with diabetes do not consistently take prescribed medications to lower cholesterol, glucose or blood pressure, investigators say.
Moderately intense physical activity key to cutting dementia risk: study
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 01, 2023
For each additional 31 minutes per day of moderate-to-vigorous activity, there is 21% lower risk of dementia for senior women, researchers report.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Feb. 1
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 01, 2023
U.S. has highest care costs, fewer doc visits, Commonwealth Fund reports … Vitamin D supplements do not affect cognition in seniors, 5-year study finds … Frequent use of rapid antigen tests remains...
Speciality care use falls after nursing home admission: report
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 30, 2023
Visits drop steeply across multiple specialties after a nursing home admission, investigators say. For those with severe mental illness, visits fell by a whopping 67%.
LTC residents mount immune fight after bivalent booster shot, study shows
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 31, 2023
Nursing home residents who receive a bivalent COVID-19 mRNA vaccine show signs of substantial immune system response to omicron variants.
Rehab benefits nursing home residents ill with COVID, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 30, 2023
Nursing home residents can tolerate moderate-to-high amounts of physical rehabilitation while ill with COVID-19 in order to improve functional outcomes, researchers say.