Geriatrics
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Stroke Risk Surges After 10 Years in Diabetes Patients
Major Finding: Study participants with at least a 10-year history of diabetes had more than three times greater risk for stroke than did...
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Single-Dose Azithromycin is Safe Option for Treating Pneumonia
Major Finding: The cure rate did not differ between patients given the conventional 3-day regimen of IV azithromycin (87.9%) and patients given a...
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Nearly One-Third of Elderly Undergo End of Life Surgery
Major Finding: 32% of elderly Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2008 underwent surgery in their final year of life.Data Source: Retrospective,...
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Bisphosphonate Response Best With 33 ng/mL Vitamin D
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Rule Helped Detect Asymptomatic C. difficile Carriers
Major Finding: A simple clinical prediction rule for determining asymptomatic carriers of C.
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Survival Trends Promising in Geriatric Trauma Patients
Major Finding: Long-term survival in geriatric trauma patients may not be as poor as once thought. Almost two-thirds of the patients who survived...
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Hip Fracture Risk Briefly Rises on Loop Diuretics
Major Finding: The adjusted odds ratio of an incident hip fracture was significantly increased by 80% during the 7 days following a new...
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"Burdensome" Transitions Common in Dementia Patients' Final Days
Major Finding: Some 19% of patients with advanced dementia were subjected to at least one burdensome and possibly unnecessary transition between...
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Mortality Risk Doubles in Year After Hip Fracture
Major Finding: Mortality risk was highest during the year after a hip fracture, with a rate of 16.9% among women who had hip fracture but only 8.4...
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Reclast Cuts Fractures by Two-Thirds in Osteoporotic Men
Major Finding: New osteoporotic fractures occurred in 1.6% of men on zoledronic acid and in 4.9% of those on placebo after 2 years of either...
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GLOW: Postmenopausal Obesity Doesn't Reduce Fracture Risk
Major Finding: The incidence of one or more new fractures during 2 years of follow-up was 6.4% in the obese and similar at 6.8% in the nonobese,...