Geriatrics
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Avoid these seven risk factors and slash Alzheimer’s risk
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Geriatric depression, pain respond to various drugs
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MCI confers increased risk of death
Major finding: Over 6 years of follow-up, 331 of 862 patients with MCI died vs. 224 of 1,292 cognitively normal patients. Data source: A 2,000...
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Harness the ‘placebo’ in late-life depression
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Key points in managing late-life anxiety
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Elderly suicide prevention: Focus on housing transition
Major finding: Nursing homes where a suicide occurred scored significantly better on measures of health quality and staff ratings than facilities...
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Memory-disorder care program costs little but saves much
Major finding: The Healthy Aging Brain Center program saved $2,856 per patient each year.Data source: A 1-year pilot program involving 303...
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Many late-life hospitalizations and ED visits could be avoidable
Major finding: Among community-dwelling elderly, up to 75% of hospital admissions and emergency department visits occurring during the last year...
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Antipsychotics’ risk in dementia revised upward
Major finding: Among elderly patients with dementia placed on an antipsychotic to treat behavioral problems, the number needed to harm – that is,...
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Asenapine often beneficial in geriatric bipolar disorder
Major finding: The atypical antipsychotic asenapine produced significant improvement in symptoms and mood in patients with later-life bipolar...
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Surprising new findings about late-life schizophrenia
Major finding: Quality of life in older persons with schizophrenia changed significantly either for better or for worse over the course of 52...