Geriatrics
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Framingham: Arterial stiffening not inevitable with aging
Framingham heart study longitudinal finding flies in the face of long-held clinical belief about aging.
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Osteoarthritis contributes more to difficulty walking than do diabetes, CVD
The ability of hip and knee OA to predict difficulty walking increased with the number of joints affected and acted additively with either...
News
Alzheimer’s mortality in U.S. grew from 1999 to 2014
Mortality rose dramatically in some states and ethnicities.
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Statins: No benefit as primary prevention in elderly
Are your older, hypertensive, mildly hypercholesterolemic patients taking statins?
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Dual-task walking test may be effective dementia predictor
Dual-task gait testing can be an accurate, low-cost method of predicting progression to dementia in patients with mild cognitive impairment.
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Strength plus aerobics equals fitness for obese older adults
Scores for a combination plan improved significantly more than either an aerobic exercise or resistance exercise plan.
Conference Coverage
For vertebral osteomyelitis, early switch to oral antibiotics is feasible
VIENNA – Many patients with pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis may have an alternative to IV antibiotics during their treatment course.
Conference Coverage
Elder abuse: Strong social support prevents associated psychopathology
SAN FRANCISCO – Social support helps erase the elevated risk of trauma-related psychopathology among elder adults.
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Physical frailty may lengthen late-life depression
A study of 285 clinically depressed older people finds a longitudinal association between physical frailty and the course of depression.
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Lifetime headache, suicide attempts may be linked in older patients
In elderly patients, an association is found between a risk of lifetime headache and lifetime suicide attempts.
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Levothyroxine: No benefit for subclinical hypothyroidism in elderly
The lack of benefit extended across all older age groups, both genders, and all serum thyrotropin levels at baseline. Sensitivity analyses...