End-of-life cancer care doesn’t extend survival, study shows … New blood test may detect stroke … Parkinson’s light therapy trial starts … How older adults with ADHD can beat social isolation...
Distinguishing pseudobulbar affect from depression: Clinical challenges and opportunities for long-term...
May 15, 2024
This article is sponsored by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. In long-term care environments, it’s not uncommon for site staff including nurses, administrators, physical therapists, physicians and...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, May 16
By
Kristen Fischer
May 15, 2024
Study: Sleep apnea severity linked to verbal memory decline … Test ties mobility to cognitive function … Spotting osteosarcopenia in heart valve operation patients could predict post-surgical death...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, May 15
By
Kristen Fischer
May 14, 2024
Study: Target anxiety to help people with Parkinson’s walk better … Menstruating earlier in life lowers dementia risk, study finds … Study: Researchers spot problem blood cells that cause clotting,...
When there was greater use of telehealth during pandemic, there were more clinician encounters: study
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Kristen Fischer
May 13, 2024
High telehealth use among Medicare beneficiaries during the pandemic was linked to more clinician encounters and ambulatory care–sensitive hospitalizations, according to a study published Monday in JAMA...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, May 14
By
Kristen Fischer
May 13, 2024
Hospitalized, dependent patients have higher risk for hand germs, study finds … New thinking in advancements to prevent Alzheimer’s disease … Report: Some with traumatic brain injuries may have recovered...
Clinical briefs for Monday, May 13
By
Donna Shryer
May 12, 2024
Alzheimer’s Association awards grant for novel Alzheimer’s drug development … Robotic knee replacement improves results but costs more … Why do we move slower with age? … Yoga may complement...
Clinical briefs for Friday, May 10
By
Kristen Fischer
May 10, 2024
Doc’s age doesn’t impact end-of-life care much, study shows … Trial: Antidepressants don’t affect Alzheimer’s, dementia risk … Study: Smoking during pregnancy linked to dementia … Report:...
‘Bodacious’ mentorship, honesty needed to retain LTC leaders of tomorrow, experts say
By
Josh Henreckson
May 17, 2024
Cultivating mentorships in long-term care is vital to bringing up and retaining the next generation of sector leaders, a group of six prominent women leaders said this week at a McKnight’s Women of Distinction...
Antibiotic linked to higher death risk in people with sepsis
By
Kristen Fischer
May 16, 2024
People believed to have sepsis who take piperacillin-tazobactam (Zosyn) and vancomycin have a 5% absolute mortality increase at 90 days compared with those who take cefepime and vancomycin, a new study...