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More than 300 people a day are still dying of Covid infection, the most recent data indicate, and the majority of them are older people. Sean Leng, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, says his recent study looking at how …
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Deprescribing is an effort underway among primary care physicians to completely assess all medicines a person is taking, including vitamins, supplements and over the counter medicines, and reduce that number to the fewest possible while still achieving therapeutic goals. Caleb …
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Anchor lead: Should you choose a hospital with a hospital at home program? Elizabeth Tracey reports Hospital at home, where hospital level care is delivered to people in their own home, is burgeoning nationally. Bruce Leff, a gerontologist at Johns …
