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Use of antipsychotics, but not opioids, drops in nursing home residents with dementia
Prescription of antipsychotic and anxiolytic medications has decreased among residents with dementia in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) nursing homes, but overall prescribing of other psychotropic and opioid agents has increased, reports a study.
Use of antipsychotics, but not opioids, drops in nursing home residents with dementia
25 Aug 2022
Healthy weight, appropriate exercise needed to ward off heart disease
In middle-aged adults, gradual weight loss not accompanied by appropriate levels of physical activity may worsen the risk of cardiovascular disease, a recent Korea study has found.
Healthy weight, appropriate exercise needed to ward off heart disease
25 Aug 2022
Trial of two tenofovir-containing regimens for HIV/HBV co-infection: Insights from ALLIANCE
The triplet combination of bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (B/F/TAF) is as good as dolutegravir + emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (DTG+F/TDF) in terms of efficacy for HIV control but results in better hepatitis B virus (HBV) outcomes in patients with HIV/HBV co-infection, according to results of the phase III ALLIANCE trial presented at IAS 2022.
Trial of two tenofovir-containing regimens for HIV/HBV co-infection: Insights from ALLIANCE
24 Aug 2022
Measuring patient-based changes in temperature could improve COVID-19 detection in nursing homes
Among nursing home residents, rather than using a one-size-fits-all threshold temperature, looking at individual changes in body temperature and temperature variability, could lead to better prediction of COVID-19 infection, a recent study has found.
