Infection prevention and control measures during the pandemic did their job to lower many healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and respiratory viral infections (RVIs).
Music therapy from trained family caregivers fails to ease dementia symptoms, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Oct 06, 2023
Previous research has found that therapy offered by professional music therapists reduce behavioral and psychological symptoms in people with dementia. Trained home-based caregivers don’t achieve the...
Clinical briefs for Friday, Oct. 6
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 06, 2023
COVID-19 procedures slowed heart attack responses … “Good” cholesterol linked to dementia … Faulty antibiotics can increase antimicrobial resistance, study finds … Proton pump inhibitors up dementia...
FDA OKs updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine as Moderna eyes flu, COVID-19 combo shot
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Kristen Fischer
Oct 05, 2023
As COVID-19 continues to circulate, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an updated emergency use authorization for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. The new vaccine will be available...
Antipsychotics, antibiotics linked to sudden cardiac arrest in people with type 2 diabetes
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Kristen Fischer
Oct 05, 2023
People with type 2 diabetes have twice the risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) if they take some commonly prescribed antibiotic, antipsychotic or prokinetics drugs, or have low fasting blood sugar, according...
Online platforms that let nurses pick and choose which facilities they work for are an effort to combat the nursing shortage. The platforms, however, have benefits and disadvantages for all parties involved...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Oct. 5
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 05, 2023
Graphene oxide can make amyloid peptides in Alzheimer’s less toxic … SGLT2 inhibitors among diabetes meds that may prevent Parkinsons, study says … Bioprinted skin can speed up wound healing …...
Study links chronic stress, depression with Alzheimer’s, cognitive impairment
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Kristen Fischer
Oct 04, 2023
People who have chronic stress and depression are more likely to have mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s, according to a new study. The study did not say that chronic stress and depression,...
COACH intervention eliminated elder mistreatment in trial
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Kristen Fischer
Oct 04, 2023
A new study shows how a caregiver intervention program reduced mistreatment by caregivers of older adults with chronic health conditions including dementia.
Manufacturers of 10 selective drugs are all in for Medicare price negotiations
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 04, 2023
Pharmaceutical companies that make the first 10 prescription drugs on Medicare’s prospective price negotiation list have agreed to participate in possible cost reductions.