Why older adults on Medicare can expect to save money this year
By Anthony Hill for ABC Action News on January 20, 2023 TAMPA, Fla. — It’s no secret that prescription brand-name
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CMS takes steps to improve nursing home safety, transparency
By Mariah Taylor for Becker’s Hospital Review on January 18, 2023 The Biden-Harris administration and CMS are enacting new rules
Read moreModerna’s RSV shot 83.7% effective, late-stage trial shows
By Paige Twentier for Becker’s Hospital Review on January 18, 2023 Moderna’s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate for older adults
Read moreWhat Older Americans Need to Know About Taking Paxlovid
By Judith Graham on January 18, 2023 for Kaiser Health News A new coronavirus variant is circulating, the most transmissible
Read moreSocial isolation linked to an increased risk of dementia, new study finds
By Kaitlyn Radde on January 17, 2023 for NPR Socially isolated older adults have a 27% higher chance of developing dementia
Read moreRural Seniors Benefit From Pandemic-Driven Remote Fitness Boom
(By Christina Saint Louis for Kaiser Health News) MALMO, Minn. — Eight women, all 73 or older, paced the fellowship
Read moreWeighing Risks of a Major Surgery: 7 Questions Older Americans Should Ask Their Surgeon
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Larry McMahon, who turns 80 this month, is weighing whether to undergo a
Read moreNew blood test effectively detects biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease: Pitt study
By Bari Faye Dean for Becker’s Hospital Review on December 28, 2022 Research scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School
Read moreAHA updates guidelines for diagnosing, treating heart attacks in older adults
By Mariah Taylor for Becker’s Hospital Review on December 28, 2022 The American Heart Association released a new scientific statement Dec. 12
Read more‘Hospitals are bursting at the seams’: 5 physicians on the effects of the respiratory virus surge
By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review on December 27, 2022 About three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, and the
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