Study: Cognition and function decline at similar rates in dementia … There are 7 things doctors can do to improve care for older adults … FDA approves Illaris for gout after failed attempts … Up...
Clinical Daily briefs for Wednesday, May 25
By
Amy Novotney
May 25, 2022
More than 43 million more health workers needed to meet world’s health coverage: analysis… Neuroscientists pinpoint brain mechanism tied to age-related memory loss … Men with prostate cancer have...
Clinical Daily briefs for Friday, Feb. 4
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 04, 2022
CMS to providers: don’t deny visitors if you don’t have tests … Gout moves patients higher up the severe COVID-19 risk list … Stay home when a rapid test comes back positive on day 6, virologists...
Allopurinol not tied to higher mortality for patients with gout and CKD
Jan 25, 2022
Allopurinol initiation, achieving target serum urate levels, allopurinol dose escalation not associated with increased mortality
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, March 31
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 31, 2021
Antibiotics course for pneumonia could be 5 days shorter, trial suggests … Medicare survey: Men make more plan decisions, fewer elderly have Advantage plans, Midwest prefers supplement … Direct oral...
Clinical briefs for Monday, March 22
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 22, 2021
LTC staff more accepting of vaccination, study shows … FDA approves J&J’s multiple sclerosis treatment … Gout management urgently needed during pandemic, rheumatologists say … CDC posts COVID...
Common drug used to slow kidney disease found to be ineffective
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 26, 2020
The drug allopurinol does not slow the rate of worsening kidney disease, despite being used in up to 20% of kidney patients, a clinical trial has found.
Gout guidance highlights treat-to-target drug therapy
By
Alicia Lasek
May 12, 2020
Experts strongly recommend moving away from a fixed-dose approach to urate lowering therapy in updated guidelines for 2020.
Clinical Briefs for Friday, January 31
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 30, 2020
U.S. life expectancy goes up for the first time since 2014 … FDA to review skin patch therapy for Alzheimer’s … U.S. outperforms peers in flu vaccination among seniors, underperforms in other healthcare...
Diabetes drugs may help prevent gout
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 15, 2020
SGLT2 inhibitors may do more than prevent heart and kidney problems in older adults with type 2 diabetes, say researchers.