Geriatrics
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Quick Cooling With Therapeutic Hypothermia Improves Neurologic Outcomes in Certain Patients
Major Finding: Therapeutic hypothermia for cardiac arrest patients – beginning in the field and completed in a hospital – was associated with good...
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FDA Approves Booster DTP Vaccine for Elderly
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Ranibizumab Could Dramatically Reduce Legal Blindness, Study Shows
Major Finding: Ranibizumab could have a substantial effect on reducing the incidence of legal blindness (by 72%) and visual impairment (by 37%)...
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HHS Promotes Medicare’s Free Preventive Services
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Rituximab Maintenance Called "New Standard" for Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Major Finding: After induction therapy, rituximab-treated patients experienced a median remission of 77 months, compared with 24 months in...
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Diet May Modify Risk of Developing Macular Degeneration
Major Finding: In patients with the CFH Y402H genotype, dietary intake of zinc in the highest tertile reduced the hazard ratio for early AMD from...
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STOPP Challenges Beers in Spotting Potentially Inappropriate Drugs for Elderly
Major Finding: STOPP, a newer set of criteria, was better (68% vs.
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Study Counters Link Between Intensive Therapy, Falls, and Fractures
Major Finding: In older patients with type 2 diabetes, intensive blood pressure therapy significantly reduced the risk of fracture, compared with...
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Influenza Vaccination Coverage Sustained This Season
Major Finding: Estimates of influenza vaccination coverage rates for people aged 6 months and older in 43 states and the District of Columbia...
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BMD and FRAX Need Refinement for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Major Finding: In older adults with diabetes, any given BMD T score or FRAX score carried a higher fracture risk than did the same score in those...