Test Predicts Transition From Normal to Impaired Cognition Sensitive, simple test detects subtle deficit at its earliest stage Apr 19, 2023
FDA Staff Still Skeptical of Plastic Meniscus Replacement Advisory committee to consider novel product in Thursday meeting Apr 18, 2023
'Relaxed' A1c OK for Mitigating Dementia Risk in Older Diabetes Patients Keeping most readings under 9% avoided elevated dementia risk Apr 17, 2023
Aging Mechanisms Tied to Giant Cell Arteritis Small study may help explain how some GCA drugs actually work Apr 17, 2023
Training to Prevent Falls in the Elderly; RSV Vax in Older Adults Also in TTHealthWatch: on-scene gun deaths, and COVID versus flu deaths in hospitalized patients Apr 15, 2023 podcast
Renal Function Safe With Pegloticase-MTX Combo for Gout Analysis looked at patients with stage 1-3 CKD from the MIRROR trial Apr 14, 2023
Parkinson's Biomarker Shows High Accuracy Assay identifies hallmark protein and could help diagnose people earlier Apr 12, 2023
Cognition Boosted by Thinking Positively About Aging Adults with mild cognitive impairment more likely to recover if they held positive age beliefs Apr 12, 2023
Older Men Still Overscreened for Prostate Cancer, Survey Says PSA screening rates over 50% for men 70 and up, despite USPSTF recommendations against it Apr 11, 2023
COVID Emergency Ends; Malpractice Panel Secrets; Weight Loss Risks in Older Adults Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Apr 11, 2023
Surgery No Help for the Kidneys in Older Folks With Primary Hyperparathyroidism But those under 60 saw a significant benefit with parathyroidectomy Apr 10, 2023
Dementia Risk May Rise as Air Quality Worsens Findings highlight the importance of limiting particulate matter pollution Apr 05, 2023
Sleep Problems Tied to Increased Stroke Risk Long unplanned naps, poor sleep quality, apnea among red flags Apr 05, 2023
Does Your 80-Year-Old Patient Really Need That Colonoscopy? Physicians often ignore life expectancy in screening decisions, study finds Apr 04, 2023
What Drives Alzheimer's in Women? Tau levels higher when hormone therapy starts more than 5 years after menopause onset Apr 03, 2023
Want to Fix Medicare Pay for Primary Care Docs? How About Two Fee Schedules? Separate schedules for procedures, E&M services could reduce pushback, says former CMS official Mar 31, 2023
Brains Shrink With Anti-Amyloid Alzheimer's Drugs Treatments accelerate brain atrophy, but reasons why remain a mystery Mar 31, 2023
WHO Booster Update: Here's What They Got Right and Wrong The organization placed due emphasis on vulnerable groups Mar 30, 2023
Coffee and Heart Function; Ionizing Radiation and CVD Also in TTHealthWatch: Testing for COVID in long-term care facilities Mar 25, 2023 podcast
FDA: Watch for Joint Replacement Device Failure After Exactech Recall Revision surgery only recommended for patients with pain Mar 23, 2023
Testing Nursing Home Staff Often for COVID Tied to Fewer Resident Deaths Frequent staff testing found to be most effective in the period before vaccines were available Mar 22, 2023
Machine Learning IDs Hospitalization, Death Risk in Advanced Cancer Patients Stratification tool could potentially help identify those at risk based on pretreatment symptoms Mar 22, 2023
Verbal Skills Better Among Well-Supported Seniors With Depression Another study highlights importance of social support in golden years Mar 21, 2023
Docs' Liking for Knee Injection Tied to Industry Payments Threefold rate for giving hyaluronic acid shots among those paid more than $100 Mar 20, 2023
Post-Op Delirium Linked to Accelerated Cognitive Decline Cognitive trajectory showed consistent pattern for most of 6-year follow-up Mar 20, 2023
Vascular Events Arguably Related to Too Little Sleep, Not Oversleeping Improving sleep may reduce PAD risk, and vice versa, according to report Mar 16, 2023
Take Risk Into Account Before Repeat Surveillance Colonoscopy, Study Says 58% of seniors with limited life expectancy, no significant findings invited for another round Mar 14, 2023
Parkinson's Risk Factor Spotted in 12-Year Study Adults over 40 with frailty or prefrailty had higher incidence of subsequent Parkinson's disease Mar 13, 2023
Autopsies Show Relationship Between Alzheimer's Pathology and Diet in Older Adults Green leafy vegetable intake inversely correlated with pathology in postmortem brain tissue Mar 08, 2023
Would You Refuse All Medical Interventions After Age 75? A closer look at the mathematics of aging Mar 07, 2023
Incident Cognitive Impairment Tied to Stress More than one in five older adults report high levels of perceived stress Mar 07, 2023
After Severe COVID, Cognitive Trajectories Go One of Three Ways Cognitive impairment persisted for 1 year in some patients age 50 and older Mar 06, 2023
Adding Abilify Eased Tough-to-Treat Depression in Seniors Augmenting antidepressants with aripiprazole significantly better than switching to bupropion Mar 03, 2023
Second RSV Vaccine for Older Adults Gets Thumbs Up From FDA Advisors VRBPAC unanimously endorses efficacy of GSK's protein fusion vaccine, not quite as sold on safety Mar 01, 2023
Lower Dementia Incidence Linked With Vitamin D Supplements But large observational study has significant limitations Mar 01, 2023
HIIT Workout Helps Walking Recovery After Stroke Proof-of-concept study shows significant advantages in the chronic stroke setting Feb 23, 2023
Nationwide Study Links Parkinson's Disease to Air Pollution Researchers identify a hot spot in the Mississippi-Ohio River Valley Feb 23, 2023
Presurgical Frailty Assessment Linked to Improved Survival at 1 Year After implementation of frailty alerts, more patients were referred for additional evaluation Feb 22, 2023
