Dementia Prevention Tips | Alzheimer’s Revolution | Infection GuidelinesApril 14, 2021 | Trending in Healthcare Geriatrics A Revolution Is Underway in Alzheimer’s, and It’s Not All Good In this MedPage Today interview with Jason Karlawish, MD, co-director of the Penn Memory Center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and author of the new book, The Problem of Alzheimer’s: How Science, Culture, and Politics Turned a Rare Disease Into a Crisis and What We Can Do About It, the biomarker “revolution” is discussed, along with the discovery of the idea of mild cognitive impairment. Read full article Allergy & Immunology Appropriate Use of Short-Course Antibiotics in Common Infections: Best Practice Advice From the American College of Physicians Taken from the Annals of Internal Medicine, these clinical guidelines describe best practices for prescribing appropriate and short-duration antibiotic therapy for patients presenting with these four infections: acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), urinary tract infections (UTIs), and cellulitis. Read full article
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