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Despite COVID, Americans Still Help Others With Medical Bills

04/05/2021 antigens, biologic therapy, Cancer, cancer risk, carcinoma, Diabetes Mellitus, elderly/concerns of older adults, financial hardship, financing, geriatrics (elder care), malignant neoplasia, pandemic:, poverty, practice management, salary compensation, social determinants of health, social issues

The number of Americans donating to crowdfunding campaigns for medical bills during 2020 held steady relative to previous years, despite

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Alabama’s Republican Governor Extends Face Mask Mandate

03/05/2021 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, activism, activist, Alabama, coronavirus, elderly/concerns of older adults, face mask; face masks, facial, fellows, fellowship, geriatrics (elder care), HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, health policy, hospitals, Human coronavirus 229E, Human coronavirus HKU1, Human coronavirus OC43, inpatient care, Mississippi, pandemic:, political, politics, professional devel, vaccine, wuhan coronavirus

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Breaking with

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Less Risk of Hypoglycemia With Long-Acting Insulin in Elderly

03/02/2021 diabetes mellitus type 2, diabetes mellitus type ii, elderly, elderly/concerns of older adults, FDA, geriatric medicine, geriatrics (elder care), hypoglycemia, Inpatient, inpatient care, insulin therapy, Medicaid, Medicare, New York, older adults, senior citizens, Seniors, type 2 diabetes, u.s. food and drug administration, united states food and drug administration

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-acting insulin analogs may be a safer option than neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH, also known

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Water Jelly Could Help With Aspiration Pneumonia in Older Adults

03/02/2021 aspiration, aspiration pneumonia, aspiration pneumonitis, dysphagia, elderly, elderly/concerns of older adults, geriatric medicine, geriatrics (elder care), hospitals, Inpatient, inpatient care, medical literature, New York, older adults, pharyngeal, pneumonia, senior citizens, Seniors, swallowing disorder, textbooks

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Older patients who have moderate or severe dysphagia, or difficulty with swallowing, could benefit from

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GSK Will Focus on Elderly in Trial to Treat Pneumonia From COVID

02/26/2021 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, anti-cancer agents, antineoplastic drug, Arthritis, autoimmune disease, bevacizumab, coronavirus, elderly/concerns of older adults, erlotinib, gefitinib, geriatrics (elder care), HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, Human coronavirus 229E, Human coronavirus HKU1, Human coronavirus OC43, imatinib, joint inflammation, pneumonia, RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis, ritu, vaccine, wuhan coronavirus

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline will extend a trial testing an experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug on patients suffering from pneumonia related

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Why Are Vaccines Still in Short Supply?

02/23/2021 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, covid 19 vaccine, elderly/concerns of older adults, Europe, European, FDA, geriatrics (eld, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, Human coronavirus 229E, Human coronavirus HKU1, Human coronavirus OC43, investment, lipid management, lipids, pandemic:, u.s. food and drug administration, united states food and drug administration, vaccine, wuhan coronavirus

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine