Geriatrics
Conference Coverage
Designer drug symptoms can mimic schizophrenia, anxiety, depression
Conference Coverage
What’s next for Watchman stroke prevention device
CMS issues preliminary reimbursement requirements.
Commentary
Do we give too much iron?
News
Inflammatory brain changes in familial Alzheimer’s appear decades before symptoms do
Key clinical point: Astrocytes are activated in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients 20 years before cognitive symptoms appear. Major...
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Diabetes duration, depression linked in elderly men
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Benzodiazepines not causally related to increased dementia risk
In a study, a slightly higher risk of dementia was found in elderly adults with the lowest level of benzodiazepine use, compared with nonusers,...
Conference Coverage
Therapeutic hypothermia called biggest recent advance in cardiac arrest
The success of hypothermia following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in preventing anoxic brain damage strengthens the case for creating regional...
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Adult immunization schedule undergoes minor changes for 2016
The 2016 adult immunization schedule from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices contains relatively minor changes to last year’s...
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Later-life weight loss signals coming mild cognitive impairment
Increasing weight loss between midlife and late life is a marker for mild cognitive impairment and is consistent across all categories of baseline...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: U.S. TAVR growth continues, mostly among octogenarians
The use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement is rising, primarily among patients 80 years and older.