CDC: Social health needs lower older women’s chances of receiving mammograms
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 12, 2024
The cost of getting a mammogram and access to providers aren’t the only obstacles women face when it comes to getting mammograms, according to a new report. About 3 in 10 women between the ages of 50...
Mid-life racial discrimination in Black Americans tied to Alzheimer’s later on, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 12, 2024
Racial discrimination during midlife is linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a new study finds.
Brain stimulation treatment improved depression, anxiety in older adults: study
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 12, 2024
A brain stimulation treatment improved depression and anxiety symptoms in older adults, a study published last month in Brain Stimulation finds.
Clinical briefs for Friday, April 12
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 12, 2024
Study questions home health star ratings … Longer sleep duration linked to lower Alzheimer’s disease odds … Parkinson’s origins point to brain, gut … Hospital sinks a hotbed for multidrug-resistant...
Optimal blood pressure levels tied to lower frailty risk
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 11, 2024
When people maintained optimal blood pressure levels over a certain amount of time, they had a lower risk for frailty, according to a new study. There also was a link between lower-than-optimal blood pressure...
Depression before older age tied to higher dementia risk in later years
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 11, 2024
The way that depressive symptoms progress across older adulthood varies in terms of dementia risk. A new study identifies different paths for the progress to occur.
Older adults eye urgent care, retail clinics for care, poll shows
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 11, 2024
Older adults are turning more commonly to urgent care centers and retail clinics for their immediate medical needs, according to a new poll of 2,657 adults ages 50 to 80 completed in 2023. About 60% of...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, April 11
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 11, 2024
Olezarsen may cut triglycerides by about half … Beta blockers may not help some heart attack survivors … D-mannose doesn’t reduce recurrent UTIs, trial finds … Anxiety tied to Parkinson’s, lower...
Poor working conditions are a top reason nurses leave healthcare, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 10, 2024
Unpleasant working conditions are a top reason nurses walk away from their jobs at long-term care facilities and hospitals, and bid adieu to healthcare, according to a new report.
High-need Medicare users opt for traditional plans
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 10, 2024
People with higher medical needs were more likely to be in traditional Medicare non-accountable care organizations (ACOs) than in Medicare Advantage in 2019. The number of people enrolling in Medicare...