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Long term care innovations are transforming the way patients undergo recovery, rehabilitation and daily assistance and families seeking senior care facilities may also require a clear direction of what contemporary providers currently provide and how to make effective choices of alternatives. With the changing of the healthcare systems, long term care is no longer restricted […]

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NEW ORLEANS — Results presented here showed greater social media engagement among arthroplasty surgeons was not associated with higher patient satisfaction, but it did increase surgeon exposure.
“With more of the generation going toward online platforms, arthroplasty surgeons, and orthopedic surgeons, in general, should utilize social media platforms to reach their goals, whether academic or clinical,” Kevin Y. Heo, MD, a resident at Emory University, told Healio about results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.
Using the American

Americans have a greater trust in the scientists working in federal health agencies than the Trump administration-appointed leaders running them, according to a poll.
The poll from the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania showed that 67% of Americans expressed confidence in career scientists working at federal health agencies, compared with their 43% confidence in agency leaders.
“The findings are not surprising,” said Healio | Infectious Disease News Editorial Board Member J. Glenn Morris Jr., MD, MPH&TM, professor and former director of the Emerging Pathogens

Are time commitments related to cancer care toxic? Depends on who you ask.
The term “time toxicity” has become cancer jargon over the past few years, sparking research into how much time patients spend receiving care.
Frequently, these studies describe time spent on cancer care as burdensome, highlighting extensive travel, sitting in the waiting room, trying to make an appointment or speaking with insurance providers.
Interviews with patients, caregivers and oncologists show another side, too.
The time spent on care gave patients the chance to see their son or daughter get married, maybe even

In the United States, hip fractures occur in about 300,000 people per year, according to the CDC, of which 50% are classified as femoral neck fractures.
While femoral neck fractures can be caused by high-energy trauma, such as car accidents, these injuries are often caused by low-energy injuries in older patient populations. Because of this, the rate of femoral neck fractures is predicted to increase as the population ages.
“As we age, our bone density gets worse, our balance gets worse and we are at increased risk for falling,” Robert T. Trousdale, MD, professor of orthopedic surgery at the

Lower eGFR and higher urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio were associated with greater risks for cognitive impairment across the chronic kidney disease spectrum, according to study data published in JAMA Network Open.
Healio previously reported on studies exploring associations between sex and cognitive impairment among men and women with CKD. However, few studies have evaluated the link between CKD and cognitive impairment across the CKD spectrum, according to Tanika N. Kelly, PhD, MPH, professor in the department of medicine, division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the

A comanagement program at UCSF in which patients saw glaucoma-trained optometrists and had access to glaucoma specialists showed promising outcomes, according to a study published in Ophthalmology Glaucoma.
“The majority of patients with glaucoma have stable and mild disease and receive care from optometrists in real-world settings,” Evan M. Chen, MD, of the department of ophthalmology at University of California San Francisco, and colleagues wrote. “While ... emerging examples of glaucoma comanagement are promising, there remains a substantial gap in our understanding of the

A 65-year-old white woman presented with 9 months of intermittent “kaleidoscopic” visual disturbances and blurred vision upon awakening.
Her medical history was significant for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, transient ischemic attack, peripheral arterial disease, bilateral anterior circulation ischemic strokes, postural hypotension, left carotid artery stenosis and stenting, papillary thyroid carcinoma treated with radical neck dissection, thyroidectomy and radiation at age 15 years, and breast cancer treated with lumpectomy and radiation. Her medications included clopidogrel, levothyroxine,

Intrascleral secondary IOL fixation is a challenging procedure that requires proper handling of the IOL haptics.
Adequate tucking with appropriate manipulation of the haptics is essential to prevent any kink and slippage of the haptic in the eye. Surgeons have described different methods to prevent haptic slippage, and Beiko and Steinert previously detailed the application of iris hook plugs onto the haptics to prevent haptic slippage.
In this procedure, the hook plug is bisected and slid onto a 26-gauge needle. The haptic of the IOL is then threaded onto the barrel of the 26-gauge needle

Adults with type 2 diabetes who adhered to eight healthy lifestyle habits had a 60% lower risk for cardiovascular events than those who reported zero or one healthy lifestyle habits, researchers reported.
In a prospective cohort study of adults with type 2 diabetes enrolled in the U.S. Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program, researchers assessed the risk for major adverse CV events according to the number of self-reported healthy lifestyle habits for each participant. The risk for CV events declined with each additional lifestyle habit a person reported, and the findings were similar