Dementia training for first responders required by new Virginia law
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 29, 2024
First responders in Virginia now will be required to undergo training to improve their professional interactions with people living with dementia, as well as their caregivers.
ChatGPT capable of clinical reasoning — maybe better than clinicians
Apr 04, 2024
The study builds on early AI studies showing that chatbots could make diagnoses.
Smartphone-based measures can help ID frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Apr 01, 2024
Individuals with frontotemporal lobar degeneration were accurately differentiated from controls with smartphone tests.
Link between sleep apnea, incident stroke examined for Blacks, whites
Mar 08, 2024
Among whites, high obstructive sleep apnea risk, provider-diagnosed sleep apnea and positive airway pressure treatment were linked to an increased risk for incident stroke.
AI outperforms glaucoma, retina specialists for diagnostic accuracy
Feb 28, 2024
Trainees and specialists rated a chatbot’s accuracy and completeness more favorably than those of their specialist counterparts.
Universal decolonization at nursing homes beneficial
Oct 18, 2023
Risk for transfer to a hospital due to infection or for any reason lower with universal decolonization versus routine care
Younger adults want to retire at 61 but haven’t begun financial planning: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2024
Adults aged fewer than 34 years have their eyes set on retiring at age 61, but they are not taking the necessary steps to plan for early retirement, according to new research from St. Louis, MO-based Edward...
Incidence of stroke decreasing in Blacks, whites in United States
Jan 10, 2024
1993-94 to 2015 saw a decrease in incidence in the combined population, but the incidence rate remained higher among Black adults.
Statin use increased from 1999-2000 to 2013-2014, then plateaued
Dec 04, 2023
No change was seen in the proportion using statins from 2013-2014 to 2017-2018 for those with diabetes and with ASCVD risk greater than 20%.
Your favorite columns of 2023
Dec 20, 2023
Assisted living regulation, government relations, ageism and pop culture, solutions for the middle market, and chronic disease and resident care were some of the column topics that especially grabbed the...