Geriatrics
From the Journals
Excessive daytime sleepiness linked to increase in Alzheimer’s biomarker
Findings come from the first study to take a longitudinal look at excessive daytime sleepiness and beta-amyloid accumulation.
Feature
Never too late to operate? Surgery near end of life is common, costly
Nearly 1 in 3 Medicare patients undergo an operation in their final year of life.
From the Journals
Free testosterone linked to frailty in older men
Researcher calls for large trials to test whether hormone treatment can provide a badly needed boost.
Latest News
MMWR: Current flu vaccine does not protect elderly
The influenza vaccine is only about 36% effective this year, preventing infections in just over a third of people who receive it, according to the...
Law & Medicine
Consent and DNR orders
Where have the courts set the lines over the issue of consent surrounding decisions to withhold CPR?
From the Journals
Growing old with HIV: What’s likely, and how can physicians help?
As HIV-infected individuals age, comorbidities will become an increasing challenge.
From the Journals
Many prescriptions for older epilepsy patients have potential to interact
Up to one-quarter of patients may be affected.
Conference Coverage
Elderly at highest CV risk get short-statined
“Older patients who have ASCVD are actually the group at highest risk of events, yet they’re the least likely to receive a high-intensity statin...
Conference Coverage
APOE4 may drive tau deposition in Alzheimer’s
The finding could offer an explanation for differences in memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease.
Conference Coverage
Elderly trauma patients at high risk for post-discharge mortality
A complete picture of the burden of trauma injury in the elderly should include 1-year mortality risk.
From the Journals
Full report confirms solanezumab’s failure to rescue cognition in mild Alzheimer’s
A full report in the New England Journal of Medicine details the latest ntiamyloid failure.