Geriatrics
Commentary
Old, Frail Patients: Study More, Intervene Less?
The greatest challenge for the cardiologist of today is not a lack of treatment options, but whether we should use all options in older, frailer...
Commentary
Diabetes Increases Injury Risk: A Troubling Trend
In older adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the risk for falls is double that seen in older people without these conditions.
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What Do We Know About Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction?
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction involves prolonged cognitive decline that can last for weeks, months, or even years; it may be confused with...
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Wide Regional Variation in Dementia Risk Across the United States
“These findings go beyond demographic and population-level differences in risk and indicate that there are health system-level differences that...
From the Journals
The Link Between Vision Impairment and Dementia in Older Adults
“While not proving a cause-and-effect relationship, these findings support inclusion of multiple objective measures of vision impairments ... to...
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Upfront Appendectomy Improves Survival Among Frail Older Adults
“Our results suggest that treatment of older adults with acute uncomplicated appendicitis may benefit from risk stratification based on patient...
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Nighttime Outdoor Light Pollution Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
Among people aged 65 years or older, Alzheimer’s disease prevalence was more strongly associated with nightly light pollution exposure than with...
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High Breast Cancer Risk With Menopausal Hormone Therapy & Strong Family History
A modeling study integrated a data set of women with age-specific breast cancer risk with family history and another that covers relative risk for...
Conference Coverage
Timing of Blood Pressure Dosing Doesn’t Matter (Again): BedMed and BedMed-Frail
There was no cardiovascular mortality advantage to bedtime dosing, but neither was there any signal of safety concerns.
Commentary
Delayed Bleeding: The Silent Risk for Seniors
The way that it did change my care was to give good return precautions to patients, to make sure they have somebody with them to say, “Hey,...
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More Protein Is Advantageous for Elderly Patients With CKD
“We observed an inverse association between total protein intake and mortality among participants with CKD but a somewhat weaker one than among...