NIH: Spinal cord stimulation may restore arm and hand mobility after stroke … Screening rates for certain cancers must pick up after pandemic slowdown, analysts say … Antibiotics for COVID more commonly...
Patient advocates decry CMS decision on Alzheimer’s drug coverage
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 24, 2023
The Alzheimer’s Association and others have strongly criticized a decision by CMS to stand by its highly restrictive coverage for new dementia drugs.
Season’s flu vaccine 35 percent effective in keeping seniors out of hospital, CDC data show
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 24, 2023
This season’s influenza vaccine choice has provided relatively robust protection for seniors, according to preliminary data from the CDC.
Experts blast ‘flawed’ mask studies, urge healthcare workers to use respirators
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 24, 2023
Leading infectious disease experts are pushing back after the publication of two studies finding no differences between surgical masks and respirators for protecting healthcare workers against respiratory...
Clinical briefs for Friday, February 24
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 23, 2023
CMS says direct care hours requirement still undecided as staffing rule looms … Grassley demands answers from CMS on psychotropic drug investigations … Study: Focused ultrasound ablation improves Parkinson’s...
AARP reports end of nursing homes’ winter COVID spike, progress on resident shots
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 22, 2023
A wintertime spike in resident deaths has peaked and resident vaccination rates continue to creep up, according to the latest analysis from the AARP.
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
By
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.
Nursing homes reimagine frontline roles, seek smoother regulatory pathways
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 22, 2023
In the wake of a historic shortage of nurses and assistants, America’s nursing homes have been forced to get creative when it comes to hiring, scheduling and retaining workers.