Geriatrics
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Vitamin E may slow functional decline in Alzheimer’s
Major finding: Compared with placebo, 2,000 IU/day of vitamin E was associated with a significantly 19% slowing of functional decline in patients...
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Study finds no link between thyroid function and MCI
Major finding: The incidence of MCI was similar in patients with clinical hypothyroidism (17%), subclinical hypothyroidism (18%), and normal...
Conference Coverage
Antipsychotics boosted CVD events in elderly
Major finding: Long-term use of an antipsychotic drug by elderly Danes doubled their rate of major cardiovascular adverse events.Data source: A...
Guidelines
‘JNC 8’ relaxes elderly systolic target below 150 mm Hg
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Older women sedentary two-thirds of waking hours
Major finding: Older women spent 65.5% of their waking hours – the equivalent of 9.7 hours per day – in sedentary behavior.Data source: A cross-...
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No link between herpes zoster in elderly and varicella vaccination
Major finding: Herpes zoster incidence among Medicare recipients over age 65 increased 39% from 10 per 1,000 person-years in 1992 to 13.9 per 1,...
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Daily multivitamin didn’t preserve cognitive function in men
Major finding: The average difference in change on a global cognition composite score between men who took a daily multivitamin for an average of...
Conference Coverage
Meta-analysis: Statins beneficial, even after age 75
Major finding: While the relative risk reduction provided by statin therapy in patients over age 75 is smaller than in younger age groups, the...
Conference Coverage
Radiotherapy can be omitted for many older breast cancer patients
Major finding: The 5-year ipsilateral breast cancer recurrence rate in a selected population of older women undergoing breast-conserving surgery...
Conference Coverage
Anakinra showed benefits in diastolic heart failure
Major finding: Patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction showed a significant 8% placebo-subtracted gain in peak oxygen...