How to better diagnose cognitive health? Up size and variety of drawing tasks, study shows
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 01, 2022
Clinicians can more accurately classify a patient’s cognitive health status by increasing the number and variety of diagnostic drawing tasks, investigators report.
Clinical briefs for Friday, July 1
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 01, 2022
Extended! McKnight’s Tech Awards nominations now due by July 7 … Omnicare appoints new president to lead long-term care business … U.S. Supreme Court nixes religious challenge brought by healthcare...
Most women unaware of their Alzheimer’s risk, Cleveland Clinic survey finds
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 30, 2022
Fully 82% of U.S. women are unaware of their relatively high odds of developing Alzheimer’s disease. And most have not addressed key risk factors with a healthcare provider.
High rates of resistant UTIs underscore need for new oral antibiotics, ED study finds
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 30, 2022
Up to 50% of the UTIs diagnosed in patients admitted to the emergency department were resistant to at least one antibiotic.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, June 30
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 30, 2022
COVID hospitalization, ED visits rare after Paxlovid… Federal watchdogs attack MA plans for denying care and coverage … More clinical benefits found for COVID antiviral pill molnupiravir … AHA adds...
SARS-CoV-2-linked hospitalization, ED encounters rare after Paxlovid
Jun 28, 2022
As an early-stage treatment, Paxlovid may prevent COVID-19-related hospitalization among patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 cases, investigators say.
CMS releases updated Phase 3 guidance
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Danielle Brown
Jun 29, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday released updated guidance for nursing home surveyors as part of the Phase 2 and 3 Requirements of Participation.
Older adults top candidates for new COVID boosters this fall, FDA advisers say
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 29, 2022
It’s time to update COVID-19 vaccines to include an omicron component, a panel of experts decided in a 9 to 2 vote Tuesday. Seniors and other at-risk Americans should likely be first in line, they said.
Non-drug therapies shown to cut fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 29, 2022
Physical therapy programs and cognitive behavioral health approaches help ease disabling fatigue in inflammatory rheumatic disorders, investigators say.
In-home COPD management program cuts 30-day acute-care readmissions
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 29, 2022
Thirty-day readmission rates were 12% for post-acute COPD participants in an at-home pulmonary rehab program, and 22% for those without the intervention, a new study finds.