Jolynn Tumolo

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Ketamine Increases Abstinence Days in Patients With Severe Alcohol Use Disorder

02/11/2022

Three weekly ketamine infusions were associated with more days of alcohol abstinence at a 6-month follow-up in patients with severe alcohol use disorder, according to a double-blind, phase 2 trial published in the American Journal of...

Three weekly ketamine infusions...

02/11/2022

Psych Congress Network

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Sensorimotor Training for Airway Protection Improves Cough Function in Parkinson Disease

05/18/2023

Jolynn Tumolo ;

A randomized controlled trial found that sensorimotor training for airway protection (smTAP) improved reflex and voluntary cough function better than expiratory muscle strength training in people with Parkinson Disease.

A randomized controlled trial...

05/18/2023

Annals of Long-Term Care

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Just 1 in 4 CRC Treatment Guidelines Mention Shared Decision Making

10/12/2023

Jolynn Tumolo ;

Recommendations require “urgent improvement” to ensure patient involvement.

Recommendations require “urgent...

10/12/2023

Gastroenterology

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Allowing Insurers to Reject Drinking-Related Claims May Not Influence Alcohol Use

12/13/2022

Jolynn Tumolo ;

Repealing state laws that allow insurance companies to deny claims for injuries caused by alcohol did not appear to increase alcohol consumption or binge drinking, according to study results published online ahead of print in Alcoholism:...

Repealing state laws that allow...

12/13/2022

Addiction Professional

LTC Bulletin Board

Statins May Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Older Adults, But Side Effects Cause for Concern

06/01/2015

Jolynn Tumolo ;

Routine statin therapy in adults 75 years of age and older may be cost-effective for preventing heart attacks and death from coronary heart disease.

Routine statin therapy in adults...

06/01/2015

Annals of Long-Term Care

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Patient Navigation Programs Increase Viral Suppression Rates Among Patients With HIV

06/22/2021

Jolynn Tumolo ;

“Cost per outcome was minimized in states that utilized surveillance data to identify individuals who were out of care and/or those that were able to identify a larger number of patients in need of improvement at baseline,” researchers noted.

“Cost per outcome was minimized...

06/22/2021

First Report Managed Care

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Pharmacy Consult Prompts Medication Adjustments After Bariatric Surgery

07/07/2021

Jolynn Tumolo ;

Researchers compared prescribing for patients who received a pharmacist intervention following bariatric surgery with patients from an earlier time who did not receive the intervention, and found that continued prescribing of unadjusted...

Researchers compared prescribing...

07/07/2021

Pharmacy Learning Network

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Early CTA Head Imaging Identifies Rare Posterior Meningeal Artery Pseudoaneurysm

09/03/2021

Jolynn Tumolo ;

Clinicians recently wrote about a patient in a case report who was brought to a trauma center, and on hospital day 30, was transferred to a neurologic long-term acute care hospital, and they explain how early CTA head imaging helped identify...

Clinicians recently wrote about...

09/03/2021

First Report Managed Care

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Telemental Health Capabilities Key for Current, Future Public Health Crises

10/01/2021

Jolynn Tumolo ;

Mental health providers equipped to provide telemental health will be better positioned to cope with future pandemics and public health crises, new study concludes.

Mental health providers equipped...

10/01/2021

Psych Congress Network

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Phone Intervention Appeared to Ease Loneliness, Depression During COVID-19

10/27/2021

Jolynn Tumolo ;

A type of talk therapy called behavioral activation, which researchers adapted for phone delivery to older adults socially isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic, showed benefits for mitigating loneliness and depression.

A type of talk therapy called...

10/27/2021

Psych Congress Network