Dementia rate decline accelerates during COVID-19 pandemic
By
Eliza Mattson
Jul 23, 2024
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of older adults living with dementia was decreasing. The pandemic accelerated that decline, however, due to an increase in deaths among older adults living with dementia,...
18.3 percent of physicians reported PTSD during COVID-19 pandemic
Jul 25, 2024
An increased likelihood was seen for female physicians, older physicians, and trainees, and for emergency department doctors.
Severity of COVID-19 reinfection linked to severity of initial infection
Jul 18, 2024
Individuals who experienced severe initial and first reinfection were older in age and had a higher mortality risk.
Hospital-onset SARS-CoV-2 infection during omicron linked to morbidity
Jul 15, 2024
Hospital-onset SARS-CoV-2 remained associated with increased morbidity and mortality during the omicron era.
Hospital nursing resources tied to COVID-19 survival
Jun 24, 2024
“If all hospitals in the study had superior nursing resources prior to or during the pandemic, models estimate many thousands of deaths among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 could have been avoided,”...
Expert panel develops new definition of long COVID
Jun 11, 2024
A new proposed definition for Long COVID could help patients get the help they need, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says.
Single mindfulness + compassion session aids mental health
Mar 15, 2024
Small delayed benefit seen for loneliness, but larger improvements seen in perceived stress
People with severe mental illness experienced increased COVID-19 mortality
Nov 21, 2023
The risk for death was found to be exacerbated by comorbidities.
Lessons from the pandemic can help ensure caregivers’ mental health and well-being
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2023
Healthcare organizations’ disaster preparedness plans must include “explicit plans for supporting mental health,” say the authors of a new piece in JAMA Psychiatry.
ED visits up for eating disorders across all ages during pandemic
Oct 04, 2023
Hospital admissions increased only for adolescents, whereas a decrease was seen for adults, especially those aged 41 to 105 years.