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Geriatrics

News, opinions and meeting coverage in geriatrics.

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How Often Should Immunocompromised People Get a COVID Booster?

Experts say about every 6 months, but that should be individualized

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Neurologic Conditions Now Leading Cause of Disability Worldwide

Nervous system disorders affect 43% of global population

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MedPAC's Report Recommends Pay Changes for Healthcare Services

Report highlights MA quality, overpayment issues, and urges action on four prior recommendations

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EHR Alerts Trigger Primary Care Clinics to Improve Hypertension Care in CKD

Greater reduction in systolic BP over usual care in randomized trial

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MedPod Today: AAMC Leaked Emails; 'Wild West' of Ketamine; MA Games the System

番茄社区 reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics

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Trump Reverses on Medicare Cuts; Pill for Ebola? Chef Jailed for Serving Norovirus

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Republican Senators Blast Biden's Proposed HHS Budget

At issue were the exclusion of PBM reform, and nursing home, Title X funding requirements

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Slowing of Peripheral Artery Disease: Another Liraglutide Benefit?

GLP-1 receptor agonist significantly slowed progression over 6 months

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DAPT Maintains Early Neurologic Function in Mild-Moderate Stroke

Do benefits of clopidogrel-aspirin apply when going up a notch in stroke severity?

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Quest Alzheimer's Blood Test No Longer Marketed Directly to Patients

Amyloid AD-Detect test not offered on Quest's consumer platform

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It's Match Week, but That Won't Fix the Physician Shortage

Short-term legislative solutions can help today in the face of stagnant systemic change

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HHS Aims to Lower Drug Costs, Fund Public Health Preparedness in Budget Proposal

Another goal of FY 2025 budget is to protect reproductive healthcare, behavioral health workforce

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MedPAC Wrestles With How to Fix Deep Flaws in Medicare Advantage Quality Metrics

Comparing MA plans with fee-for-service quality called "a hornet's nest"

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Serious Issues With Slow Heartbeat Flagged for Afib Patients on Antiarrhythmics

Pacemaker, syncope rates prompt advice not to ignore bradycardia issue

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Knowing When to Start, Knowing When to Stop

Discussions about screening recommendations can be difficult, but they're worth having

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Largest Independent Primary Care Network in the U.S. Accused of Medicare Fraud

Whistleblower lawsuit alleges Aledade encouraged doctors to tack on suspect medical diagnoses

Deaths Due to Alcohol Use; Steps for the Sedentary

Also in TTHealthWatch: microplastics in arteries, and worldwide obesity and diabetes risk

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Trump-Obama Doc's Bad Behavior; Alzheimer's Drug Delayed; Death After Testicle Kick

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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MedPAC Members Pan Rural Hospitals' 'Cost-Plus' Billing System for Medicare Patients

Allowing the system to stay in place is "unconscionable," says one commissioner

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Interventions Can Reduce CVD Risk Factors in HIV Patients, Studies Show

Lowering blood pressure, cholesterol prove feasible in randomized trials

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First-Line Immunotherapy Alone Sufficient for Older NSCLC Patients, Study Suggests

Retrospective analysis finds similar OS, PFS whether or not patients also received chemotherapy

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Three-Drug Combo Wins for Opioid-Sparing Pain Relief After Hip Replacement

Less morphine needed with multiple analgesics

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Medicare a Big Contributor to the Broken Health Payment System, Senators Told

Use of "hybrid" payment model urged

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Dementia More Common in People With Essential Tremor

Prevalence greater than normal aging, but not as high as Parkinson's disease

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CVD Risks Tied to Teeny-Tiny Plastics Lodged in Atherosclerotic Plaque

And the prevalence of microplastics and nanoplastics is only increasing

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FDA OKs First Interchangeable Biosimilars for Denosumab

New products will carry all the same indications as Prolia and Xgeva, though launch date unclear

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Seniors, Doctors at Odds on Opioid Risks and 'Deprescribing'

Conversations between primary care physicians and older patients often "challenging"

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Afib Might Be a Not-So-Pleasant Aftertaste of Sweetened Beverages

Atrial fibrillation risk associated with drinks made with added sugar or artificial sweetener

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Emergency Surgery Rates Higher in Primary Care Shortage Areas, Study Suggests

Retrospective study on Medicare patients shows disparities in serious complications, readmissions

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Latest COVID Shots Protect Against Serious Outcomes

Effectiveness against COVID-related hospitalization ranged from 43% to 52%

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COVID-19 Tied to Increased Risk for Rheumatic Disease

Maybe not a form of long COVID, but a concern just the same

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Most Doc Groups Unhappy With Proposed Congressional Budget Deal

Measure would restore some, but not all, of the cuts to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

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Congress Should Simplify Medicare's Vaccine Coverage

All ACIP-approved vaccines should be covered by Medicare Part B

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Trader Joe's 60,000-Pound Recall; Will Shortz's Stroke; Oregon Recriminalizing Drugs

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Obama CMS Chief: Medicare Advantage Plans Game the System

Don Berwick says MA growth "should be slowed or stopped"

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CDC Monitoring Rare Neurologic Events After RSV Vaccination

Cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome in vaccinated older adults slightly higher than background rates

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Multimodal Pre-Op Program Aids Knee Replacement Candidates

Patients feel better as they wait for surgery; a few find they no longer need it

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Biden 'Continues to Be Fit for Duty,' His Doctor Says

"Nothing different than last year," president says after undergoing annual physical

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Older Adults Should Get Another COVID Booster, CDC Advisors Say

High hospitalization rates, low vaccine uptake behind decision

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Biden's Annual Physical Results Will Be Closely Watched as Election Nears

Last year, doctors declared Biden "healthy, vigorous" and "fit"

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