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Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse

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30, 2020 — Nurses are known for being kind, caring and sympathetic, but Brianna Fogelman brings an uncommon empathy to her nursing job at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. Though she had always planned to become a nurse, it wasn’t until after her transplant that it felt like more of a calling, Fogelman said.

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Excess mortality with Alzheimer disease and related dementias as an underlying or contributing cause during pandemic

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About The Study: This study found that large increases in mortality with Alzheimer disease and related dementias as an underlying or contributing cause of death occurred in COVID-19 pandemic year 1 but were largely mitigated in pandemic year 2. The most pronounced declines were observed for deaths in nursing home/long-term care settings.

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Retired Doctors, Nurses Will Be Approved to Give COVID-19 Vaccine, White House Says

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Retired Doctors, Nurses Will Be Approved to Give COVID-19 Vaccine, White House Says. 27, 2021 — Retired doctors and nurses are being called to the front lines of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Professional. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26, said Rochelle Walensky, M.D., director of the U.S.

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Drop in COVID Cases Seen in Nursing Homes as U.S. Vaccine Effort Makes Headway

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1, 2021 — As America’s vaccination campaign begins to gain momentum, a promising sign has emerged: Federal data shows that coronavirus cases in nursing homes have declined over the past four weeks. The country recorded 17,584 cases in nursing homes during the week ending Jan. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Rural Patients With Alzheimer Disease Have Shorter Survival

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Rural Patients With Alzheimer Disease Have Shorter Survival. 26, 2020 — Rural Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer disease and related dementia (ADRD) spend more time in nursing homes, receive less home health care, and have shorter survival than their urban counterparts, according to a study published online Oct.

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Health Care Workers, Nursing Home Residents to Get First Vaccines: Panel

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1, 2020 — Health care workers and people in nursing homes should be at the front of the line for upcoming COVID-19 vaccines, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel recommended Tuesday. TUESDAY, Dec.

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Diets High in Inflammatory Potential Linked to Cardiovascular Disease

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3, 2020 — Dietary patterns with higher inflammatory potential are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD), and stroke, according to a study published in the Nov. TUESDAY, Nov. 10 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Jun Li, M.D., from the Harvard T.H.

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