Geriatrics
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Functional MRI shows diabetes-induced cognitive deficits in elderly
Key clinical point: Elderly patients with type 2 diabetes had diminished frontal brain activity that correlated with memory and executive function...
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Telephone CPR training boosts cardiac arrest survival
Key clinical point: Adoption of the most recent AHA guidelines on telephone CPR by EMS dispatchers will lead to vast improvement in survival for...
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Extended use of oral anticoagulants reduces VTE recurrence
Key clinical point: All of the NOACs provide a net clinical benefit for reducing VTE recurrence. Major finding: The number needed to treat to...
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VIDEO: Hepatitis C screening rises, but where are the positive cases?
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Don’t make hasty decisions in postarrest hypothermia
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VIDEO: Will new HCV drugs’ costs kill health care budgets?
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VIDEO: Hepatitis C screening recommendations falling on deaf ears
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VIDEO: Most baby boomers didn’t know their hep C status
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Vaccine slashes odds of flu hospitalizations for older adults
Key clinical point: Influenza vaccination significantly reduced the risk of influenza hospitalization in older adults, regardless of age. Major...
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‘Chemo brain’ may have targetable causes
Key clinical point: Cognitive decline following chemotherapy may be an interplay of aging and drug-induced molecular changes. Major finding: An...