Geriatrics
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Aphasic stroke patients' mood lifted by behavioral therapy
Major finding: Mean Stroke Aphasic Depression Questionnaire scores were significantly lower at 6 months among patients in the behavioral therapy...
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Benefits of PCV7 vaccination persisted over a decade
Major finding: Post- vs.
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Medicare: Cover amyloid imaging in trials only
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FDA holds off approval of insomnia drug, company says
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Cardiac rehabilitation benefits elderly heart failure patients
Major finding: Cardiac rehabilitation boosted exercise capacity by an average 16% in elderly patients and an average 19% in younger patients.Data...
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Despite low-risk prostate cancer, high-tech treatment rises
Major finding: The use of advanced treatment technologies in men who were the most unlikely to die of prostate cancer increased from 13% at the...
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HT yields no cognitive harm or benefit
Major finding: Women who had taken hormone therapy for a mean of 7 years showed "essentially the same" global cognitive function a decade later as...
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Dual biomarkers not always predictive of Alzheimer's
Major finding: Of patients with mild cognitive impairment, 46% had both amyloid and neurodegeneration biomarkers.Data source: Neuroimaging of 212...
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Duloxetine proves beneficial in elderly GAD
Major finding: The first-ever randomized clinical trial of duloxetine for generalized anxiety disorder to include a substantial number of patients...
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Cholinesterase inhibitors may protect the heart
Major finding: Alzheimer’s patients who use cholinesterase inhibitors, compared with those who do not, have a 38% reduction in heart attack risk...
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Serious hypoglycemic events doubled dementia risk in diabetes
Major finding: Older patients with diabetes who were hospitalized for a hypoglycemic event were approximately twice as likely to develop dementia...