Shedding light on memory deficits in schizophrenic patients and healthy aged subjects
Working memory, which consists in the short-term retention and processing of information, depends on specific regions of the brain working correctly. This faculty tends to deteriorate in patients with schizophrenia, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Undiagnosed neurological disorders may cause falls and hip fractures in the elderly
Hip fractures are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in elderly patients. Cervical myelopathy is a common neurological condition that can diminish balance and coordination.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Knee replacement may lower a patient's risk for mortality and heart failure
New research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) highlights the benefits of total knee replacement (TKR) in elderly patients with osteoarthritis, including a lower probability ...
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Feb 07, 2012 |
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High rates of disability and health care use for older Americans with cirrhosis
New research shows that older Americans with cirrhosis have significantly worse health status and greater functional disability compared to those without this potentially deadly disease. In fact, findings now published in ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 10, 2012 |
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99-year-old woman regains mobility following spinal procedures
(Medical Xpress) -- A 99-year-old woman has returned to her daily routine after doctors repaired three separate compression fractures in her spine three times in a month. Specialists at the University of Rochester ...
Other
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Doctors should tell patients the realities of aging
Dr. Alexander K. Smith hopes to provoke a national discussion about being frank with the very elderly about their individual medical prognosis.
Health
Dec 16, 2011 |
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US baby boomers feed need for joint replacements
US baby boomers are fueling a wave of joint replacement surgeries, hoping to use new artificial knees and hips to stay active as they get older.
Other
Dec 04, 2011 |
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Results of the STACCATO Trial reported at TCT 2011
Researchers leading a clinical trial said that transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation (a-TAVI) may be inferior to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in operable elderly patients. However results were only ...
Cardiology
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Study finds no link between elderly patient activity and hospital falls
In 2008, as part of a larger initiative aimed at reducing preventable hospital errors and lowering costs, Medicare stopped reimbursing for the treatment of injuries related to in-hospital falls.
Health
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Study identifies earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease
Addressing the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease, before a patient shows outward signs of cognitive problems, has sometimes been a challenge for physicians and researchers, in part because they have not been using common ...
Neuroscience
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Medicare patients at risk of long-term institutionalization after hospital stay
Confirming many elderly patients' worst fears, a national study has shown that being hospitalized for an acute event, such as a stroke or hip fracture, can lead to long-term institutionalization in a nursing home. Equally ...
Health
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Elderly breast cancer patients risk treatment discrimination
Stockholm, Sweden: Women diagnosed with breast cancer late in life are at greater risk of dying from the disease than younger patients, assuming they survive other age-related conditions, according to a study to be presented ...
Cancer
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Hemodynamic results after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
Since 2007 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) has become an alternative treatment for elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis at high risk for surgical aortic valve replacement. At present, durability and ...
Cardiology
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Don't be afraid: very old patients treated with Vitamin K antagonists, if adequately managed, benefit from anticoagulati
Results of the EPICA Study (Elderly Patients followed by Italian Centres for Anticoagulation Study), were presented at the ESC Congress 2011 today. This is the largest study on very old patients anticoagulated with Vitamin ...
Cardiology
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Complex choices in Medicare Advantage program may overwhelm seniors, study finds
In health care, more choice may not always lead to better choices, particularly for the elderly.
Health
Aug 18, 2011 |
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