Geriatrics
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Try antidepressants and CBT for anxiety in older adults
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Findings underscore value of support in late-life depression
Major finding: Many nonspecific elements of psychotherapy are captured by supportive psychotherapy, and this provides evidence for improved...
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Women have more complications with ICDs
Major finding: One year after receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, women were 91% more likely to develop a major complication and...
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Low HDL, high LDL cholesterol linked to cerebral amyloidosis
Major finding: In a multiple regression model that adjusted for age and sex, lower HDL and higher LDL cholesterol were both associated with a...
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Cancer patients embrace pioneer assisted-suicide program
Major finding: None of the 114 patients who participated in the Death with Dignity (assisted-suicide) program during a 2-year period, nor their...
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Mammography screening at 75 may have value
Major finding: Women aged 75 years and older were 3 times more likely to die from breast cancer if they went 5 or more years between mammograms,...
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Exercise ABI aids PAD risk stratification
Major finding: Mortality was 9% in patients with ABIs normal at rest and post exercise and 21% in patients with low rest and low postexercise ABI....
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FDG-PET strongest independent predictor of Alzheimer's dementia in MCI
Major finding: In predicting short-term incident dementia in mild cognitive impairment, positivity to FDG-PET had the highest positive likelihood...
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Dementia costs top cancer, heart disease
Major finding: The total cost of dementia to the U.S. economy ranged from $159 billion to $215 billion in 2010. Data source: An 856-person subset...
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Can digoxin get another chance for heart failure?
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Novel exercise program may help dementia patients
Major finding: After 18 weeks, participants in the PLIÉ intervention exercise group had a decline of 4.6 points on the Alzheimer’s Disease...