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Investigators have found significant variation in what is considered clinically appropriate use of these drugs for the U.S. hospice population.

The results emphasize the need for urine sampling and culturing before treating catheter-associated UTIs, and the importance of considering therapeutic alternatives, investigators say.

The FDA wants to allow manufacturers of regulated, everyday foods to replace salt with “safe and suitable” substitutes.  

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Drug-resistant Candida auris, a known threat to nursing homes, has spread rapidly, and a growing number of cases are resistant to first-line treatment, federal researchers report.

Postoperative delirium may speed the rate of cognitive decline in older adults by 40% within six years after a major elective surgery, a new study has found

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Nursing home residents infected with COVID-19 prior to vaccination had the strongest protection against severe disease when compared to their peers without such hybrid immunity.

Protection against severe outcomes soared to 80% when the drug was dispensed within five days of symptom onset, compared with 54% efficacy outside that time frame, investigators found.