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Use of antipsychotics, but not opioids, drops in nursing home residents with dementia
25 Aug 2022
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
25 Aug 2022
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
Measuring patient-based changes in temperature could improve COVID-19 detection in nursing homes
24 Aug 2022
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.