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Our @SMART_MD Virtual Intake Portal eases the burden of #hosipce admissions for patients, family, and staff.

"I love using SmartMD"
-Referral/Admissions Nurse Team Leader

"Pleasantly Surprised at How Easy it Was to Use"
-Hospice family caregiver

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"Low socioeconomic status, social isolation, hearing impairment, stroke, diabetes, heart disease, and depression were all associated with a higher risk of young-onset #dementia."
via @ScienceAlert
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As with so many health issues, nuance matters.
#Obesity is not, in itself, a measurement of health. Global health professionals are encouraging a change in how we look at obesity.
@bbcworld @TheLancet

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"It represents a huge achievement, and the culmination of a long team effort, to finally establish this new blood group system and be able to offer the best care to rare, but important, patients," UK National Health Service hematologist Louise Tilley

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For those close to #caregivers, this is not news. But reminders are important.

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Winter Blues are real. @MayoClinic explains about Seasonal Affective Disorder https://t.co/YCH0s0wMYh

Oddly, it's not unique to winter. The change in season can impact you whatever the season.

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Short bursts of incidental vigorous physical exertion, lasting less than a minute each, may almost halve the risk of a major cardiovascular event, such as heart attack or heart failure among women

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via @medical_xpress

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Basic physical fitness has many benefits.

Being aerobically fit may reduce #Alzheimers and #dementia
via @CNN

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Overall, child vaccine exceptions are growing in the US. But California is a dramatic contrast.

via @axios

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On The Good News Front:

Survival rate among those with lung cancer has improved over a quarter in the past 5 years.
via @thehill
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Studies show that social isolation or loneliness leads to increased risk for anxiety and depression, dementia, infectious disease, hospitalization, and all-cause death, even after adjusting for age & traditional risk factors.
via @Medscape
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Adults with type 2 diabetes who were prescribed the GLP-1 RA semaglutide had a significantly lower risk for #Alzheimers disease.

via @Medscape
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"#Cognitive training exercises can help older adults maintain or improve certain mental skills, such as memory and attention. [and]... can also lead to improvements in cognitive abilities not specifically trained for"

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via @UT_Dallas
@CVLneuro

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Can palliative care consults in hospitals improve end-of-life care?

"...suggest that while ordering by default rather than by choice improves certain end-of-life care processes, the impact on hospital stay length is limited...."

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via @NIHAging

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More research, deeper understanding of #depression

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via @ScienceNews

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Local #hospice and #PalliativeCare center starts virtual reality program to better patient experience

This becomes a tool that’s just not replaceable because they can actually experience these things in the bed.

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Landers, CEO of NACH , outlines a vision for the National Alliance for Care at Home

#hospicecare #PalliativeCare

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Widespread human exposure to packaging-related chemicals

"This work highlights the fact that food contact materials are not fully safe, even though they may comply with regulations..."
-Dr. Jane Muncke

#FoodContactChemicals

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Talking about death is never easy, but doing so early can help families prepare.

#hospice #palliativecare

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"A qualitative study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, analyzes lack of #palliative care referrals for nursing home residents..."

via @medical_xpress

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The @CDCgov guidance on flu vaccine for 2024-2025 from the Advisory Committee on #Immunization Practices.

https://t.co/iGOZlN24PX