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Aging
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Study shows common acid suppressants may increase dementia risk
Millions of people around the world take acid suppressants called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for conditions like heartburn, gastritis and…
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Study: Low vitamin K associated with higher risk of death
Be like Popeye. Eat your spinach. And kale. And lettuce. That’s the takeaway from a recent multi-ethnic meta-analysis by researchers…
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Is CMS putting older adults at increased risk during the pandemic?
As states struggle to contain cases and deaths from COVID-19, nursing homes and other senior care facilities remain epicenters of…
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Examining the toll of social distancing on health of seniors
Older adults are among the most vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus, as story after story of nursing home deaths and…
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Problems found in initial federal data on COVID-19 in nursing homes
When Seema Verma, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator, announced June 4 that she and the Centers for Disease…
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More data coming online to track COVID-19 in nursing homes
CMS has finally posted a database of reported deaths by facility for approximately 30,000 nursing homes. The data is updated…
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Webcast: Older adults and food insecurity during COVID-19
Long before the novel coronavirus ever surfaced, millions of older adults struggled with food insecurity. The COVID-19 pandemic has further…
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Despite violation records, nursing homes seek liability waivers during pandemic
Despite a recent GAO report detailing persistent infection control violations at nursing homes throughout the United States, many states are…
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How can states keep nursing home residents safe during the pandemic?
When we first learned of widespread incidence and deaths from COVID-19 in a Seattle-area nursing home, many in the aging…
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COVID-19 is hitting older LGBTQ adults especially hard
The coronavirus pandemic has put the LGBTQ community at increased risk for severe illness and death if they develop COVID-19.…