Surcharge Act means nursing homes will receive millions in state, federal aid
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2022
Millions of dollars in additional state and federal funds to improve quality of care will flow to New Mexico’s nursing facilities now that New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) has signed the Health...
Study questions link between vegetable intake, cardiovascular disease risk
Mar 04, 2022
A higher intake of raw vegetables was inversely linked to CVD risk, but much of the association is explained by confounding variables.
Neuroimaging measures linked to stages of memory impairment
Mar 04, 2022
The presence of Alzheimer’s disease pathology is related to Stages of Objective Memory Impairment in cognitively unimpaired older adults.
Gender-based wage disparities remain: What’s the gap in your state?
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 04, 2022
Even now, gender-based wage disparities still exist across the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s analysis of data from the 2019 American Community Survey.
Suicide mortality decreased from 2018 to 2020 after rising since 2000
Mar 03, 2022
Suicide rates declined for females in all age groups older than 25 years and decreased for males aged 45 to 64 or 65 to 74 years.
AAN issues review of evidence for aducanumab in Alzheimer’s disease
Mar 03, 2022
A class I study shows that single doses of aducanumab are safe and well-tolerated; class II studies show reduced amyloid deposition on brain PET at one year.
CDC estimates U.S. COVID-19 infections now close to 140 million
Mar 02, 2022
The new findings are from the CDC national antibody seroprevalence survey of antibodies to the coronavirus triggered by infection, not by vaccination.
Cuff size affects accuracy of blood pressure measurements
Mar 02, 2022
Overestimation of blood pressure with use of a cuff that was too small misclassified 39% of participants as having hypertension.
Oral microbiome linked to incident hypertension in postmenopausal women
Mar 02, 2022
Among baseline oral bacterial species, 10 were associated with greater risk and five were associated with lower risk for incident hypertension.
Firearms overtake car crashes as leading cause of premature death
Mar 02, 2022
The majority of premature firearm deaths were seen in men, particularly suicides in older white men and homicides in younger Black men.