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Actions & Transactions, July 9
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 09, 2024
Alaska Tribal Health Consortium builds $70M SNF in Anchorage … Ohio AL welcomes new residents following ownership transition, $1M makeover … SilverPoint acquires 2 properties in Texas … ESI secures...
Experiencing gratitude tied to longevity in older women
Jul 08, 2024
Higher levels of gratitude were tied to a 9% reduction in all-cause mortality and a 15% reduction in cardiovascular death.
Almost half of US counties do not have practicing cardiologist
Jul 08, 2024
Counties without a cardiologist have a higher cardiovascular risk index, higher cardiovascular mortality rates and shorter life expectancy.
Significantly more weight loss seen with tirzepatide versus semaglutide
Jul 08, 2024
Patients with overweight or obesity receiving tirzepatide were significantly more likely to achieve ≥5, ≥10 and ≥15% weight loss.
Increases in incidence of certain foodborne diseases seen during 2023
Jul 08, 2024
The increasing numbers of infections may reflect changing diagnostic practices, with an increase in diagnosis by culture-independent diagnostic tests.
Higher inflammation from early adulthood linked to worse cognition
Jul 08, 2024
Worse executive function and processing speeding were seen with consistently higher or moderate/increasing inflammation.
Structure, function of brain connectome tied to gray matter atrophy in Parkinson’s disease
Jul 08, 2024
Models including disease exposure indexes predict gray matter atrophy accumulation.
Report: Polypharmacy climbed among older adults from 1999 to 2020
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 08, 2024
The number of older Americans over the age of 65 not living in healthcare facilities who used prescription medications rose from 1999 through the mid-2000s and hasn’t changed much since. The percentage...
What assisted living needs versus what it gets
By
Stephen A. Moses
Jul 08, 2024
Long-term care’s caregiving sectors — assisted living, skilled nursing and home care — share problems and needs in varying degrees. But what they get from researchers in the field is seldom what...