Once-weekly insulin icodec superior for HbA1c in type 2 diabetes
Sep 26, 2023
Icodec with app was superior to once-daily basal insulin analogues for a change in glycated hemoglobin.
This senior living community has celebrity chef, restaurant open to public
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 17, 2022
When The Hacienda at Georgetown opens near Austin, TX, in early 2023, the amenities on the 13-acre campus will include fine-dining meals prepared by celebrity chef Stephan Pyles.
Lack of medication leads to death of resident with dementia, lawsuit maintains
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 30, 2017
Staff members at a Florida senior living community failed to give medication to a resident with Alzheimer’s disease for eight days, which ultimately led to her death, the woman’s daughter maintains...
Senior living hacker sentenced to 20 years for $27 million ransomware attack
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 07, 2022
A Canadian man linked to an international network of ransomware attacks affecting the senior living industry during the COVID-19 pandemic has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to forfeit...
Senior housing complex sued for allegedly denying residency to those who weren’t Chinese
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 25, 2019
An affordable senior housing complex in Arizona is facing a lawsuit for allegedly telling prospective residents who were white or black that they most likely would not be approved for move-in because they...
Tech company announces 5-state rollout, Apple tie-in, Lyft partnership
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 30, 2018
Belgium-based start-up Cubigo formally has expanded into the United States, bringing its cloud-based platform to the U.S. senior living industry, becoming a new Apple mobility partner and forming a partnership...
Blood pressure down with self-monitoring of BP, self-titration of medications
May 10, 2024
A reduction was seen in systolic and diastolic blood pressure with self-monitoring plus self-titration of antihypertensive medications.
Home vision tests offer limited diagnostic accuracy for neovascular AMD
Apr 29, 2024
Hospital eye service follow-up clinics maintain better diagnostic accuracy for active lesions.
Minocycline does not decrease geographic atrophy enlargement in AMD
Mar 25, 2024
The GA enlargement rate in the study eyes did not differ significantly in the run-in and treatment phases in age-related macular degeneration.
Regular use of laxatives linked to risk for all-cause dementia
Feb 23, 2023
Risk for all-cause, vascular dementia was increased with number of regularly used laxative types