Geriatrics
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Six questions flag risk for cardiovascular hospitalization
Major finding: Any positive answer on the QVSFS at baseline was associated with a 62% greater incidence of hospitalization or an ED visit for...
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Cognitive monitoring urged in type 2 diabetes
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Older patients report frequent insomnia, sleep treatment use
Major finding: More than 90% of subjects had sleep complaints; 55.5% reported using a sleep aid, and 10% of these reported using alcohol to sleep....
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Studies raise red flag of CVD risk in osteoarthritis
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Vitamin D insufficiency corrected with 800 IU/day
Major finding: Supplementation with 800 IU/day of vitamin D3 corrected vitamin D insufficiency in 98% of postmenopausal white women after 1 year...
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Perioperative beta-blockers cut 30-day mortality, cardiac morbidity
Major finding: All-cause mortality at 30 days was significantly lower in high-risk patients who received perioperative beta-blockers than in those...
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DNA changes predict prostate cancer death
Major finding: Death from prostate cancer was 50 times more likely in patients whose localized tumors contained a loss of the PTEN gene and an...
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Elderly inpatient care model delivered mixed results
Major Finding: Compared with patients who received usual inpatient care, elderly patients cared for by the MACE model had a lower rate of adverse...
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Older adults with long-term depression respond to medication
Major finding: Response rates in patients with depression duration less than 10 years and HDRS score of less than 21 were 46.3% and 41.5% in the...
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Start older patients with GAD on medication early
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REM sleep problems predict Parkinson's, Lewy body dementia
Major finding: More than 90% of patients with REM sleep behavior disorder will develop Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia.Data source: A...