Geriatrics
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Executive function moderates emotion regulation in MDD
Major finding: Lower Trails B scores were associated with lack of benefit from use of emotion-regulation strategies in depressed older adults.Data...
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Proposal eases path for early-stage Alzheimer's approvals
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End-of-life hypoactive delirium responds to antipsychotics
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New Alzheimer's drug yields modest memory improvements
Major Finding: Patients with moderate Alzheimer’s disease receiving either 30-60 mg or 100-200 mg of trial drug ORM-12741 twice daily saw a 4%...
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'Nightmare' CRE infections on the rise, CDC says
Major Finding: The percentage of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections reported by acute-care hospitals in the United States...
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USPSTF recommends against postmenopausal vitamin D/calcium supplementation
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Survival higher with surveillance of small kidney tumors
Major Finding: After 36 months, patients were 63% less likely to have died if their tumors were managed by surveillance instead of surgery (HR, 0....
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Deep brain stimulation might help early in Parkinson's
Major Finding: Patients treated with both subthalamic neurostimulation and medication reported a 7.8 point quality-of-life improvement on the 100-...
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Bronchiectasis may predict mortality in COPD
Major Finding: Moderate to severe COPD patients were 2.5 times more likely to die within 2 years if they had bronchiectasis (HR, 2.54; 95% CI: 1....
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Vascular lesions hurt cognition more than amyloid
Major Finding: An infarct in the subcortical gray matter was the only significant predictor of verbal memory in a logistic regression equation...