Discrimination a barrier to advance care planning for sexual, gender minorities, study finds
Aug 22, 2022
Experiences of discrimination in healthcare leave sexual and gender minority adults in doubt that their preferences will be considered in end-of-life care, investigators report.
COVID linked to high rates of lasting dementia, psychosis, large study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 19, 2022
The risk of neurological symptoms related to COVID-19 remains high for at least two years after infection, while psychiatric symptoms fade within about two months, a large new study has found.
Quicker palliative care referrals in severe COVID may improve survival: study
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 19, 2022
Severe breathlessness may serve as a telltale sign that a referral is urgently needed, investigators say.
Study: Some 56% of people don’t know they are contagious, omicron study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 19, 2022
This lack of awareness about asymptomatic infections likely had a role in rapid transmission during the omicron wave, investigators say.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Aug. 19
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 19, 2022
Senior living operator adds resident rehab options with recovery technology partnership … Diabetes drug metformin may greatly reduce severe COVID outcomes, clinical trial finds … Rosuvastatin linked...
CDC director calls for agency’s overhaul, citing pandemic performance
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 17, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will reorganize, with a new, action-oriented culture that better serves public health, Director Rochelle Walensky told her staff Wednesday.
Healthcare workers have 40 percent lower odds of COVID with respirators vs. surgical masks
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 17, 2022
Despite cumulative exposure, healthcare workers in 2020 and 2021 were 40% less likely to contract COVID-19 when they wore respirators rather than surgical masks, investigators say.
Alzheimer’s blood biomarkers not ready for primary care use, expert panel decides
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 18, 2022
An international group of clinicians and researchers have agreed that Alzheimer’s disease blood biomarkers are a significant breakthrough, but are not yet ready for general clinical and primary care...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Aug. 18
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 18, 2022
Full vaccination ahead for LTC? New regulations, boosters complicate upcoming flu and COVID shots … 40 states now cover around-the-clock Medicaid HCBS as provided in assisted living … New COVID booster...
FDA approves over-the-counter hearing aids, no exams required
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 17, 2022
The Food and Drug Administration has established a new category of over-the-counter hearing aids that don’t require oversight by audiologists for purchase, according to a final rule announced Tuesday.