Geriatrics
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Is Your Patient Too Old for a Colonoscopy?
Complications, including dehydration, bleeding, bowel perforation, and pulmonary or CV issues, may outweigh benefit.
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Untreated Hypertension Tied to Alzheimer’s Disease Risk
“These results suggest that treating high blood pressure as a person ages continues to be a crucial factor in reducing their risk of Alzheimer’s...
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Hearing Loss, Neuropathy Cut Survival in Older Adults
“Like peripheral neuropathy, advanced-age hearing loss is associated with reduced life expectancy, probably mediated in part through an adverse...
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Alert System Could Warn of Impact of Severe Weather on Health
“Programs for weather-related health alerts will need to be comprehensive, focusing not only on access to needed medications but also climate-...
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Hip Fractures in Patients With Dementia: To Operate or Not?
Among patients with dementia living at home with a fracture of the head or neck of the femur, those who underwent surgery had a lower risk for...
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Beers Criteria Update for Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
While these guidelines consider the dangers of a certain medication at the population level, sometimes the benefits do outweigh the risks at the...
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Regularly Drinking Alcohol After Age 60 Linked to Early Death
High-risk drinking was linked to a 33% increased risk of early death, a 39% increased risk of dying from cancer, and a 21% increased risk of dying...
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Type 2 Diabetes Fracture Risk Likely Due to Impaired Physical Function
Despite having higher bone mineral density, older women with type 2 diabetes have higher fracture risk and poorer physical performance than older...
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Could Targeting ‘Zombie Cells’ Extend a Healthy Lifespan?
Aging cells, called “zombie cells,” can secrete a substance that interferes with other cells.
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PCP Visits Save Lives of Older Patients After Cancer Surgery
Patients with a primary care visit within 90 postoperative days had a significantly lower 90-day mortality rate.
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Can Addressing Depression Reduce Chemo Toxicity in Older Adults?
Researchers evaluated whether greater reductions in grade 3 chemotherapy-related toxicities occurred with geriatric assessment-driven...