Going to physician visits with older loved ones could improve care
Family companions who routinely accompany older adults to physician office visits could be helpful to health care quality improvement efforts, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ...
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Jan 23, 2012 |
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Thousands of seniors lack access to lifesaving organs, despite survival benefit
Thousands more American senior citizens with kidney disease are good candidates for transplants and could get them if physicians would get past outdated medical biases and put them on transplant waiting lists, according to ...
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Jan 12, 2012 |
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Protecting our brains: Tackling delirium
A new national plan of action provides a roadmap for improving the care of patients with delirium, a poorly understood and often unrecognized brain condition that affects approximately seven million hospitalized Americans ...
Health
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Bedside assessment may provide better outcomes for older cancer patients
In geriatric medicine, the adage that age is just a number holds true. New research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center uses a simple assessment tool to determine how well older adults diagnosed with acute myelogenous ...
Cancer
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Many Alzheimer's patients get drugs with opposing effects
You wouldn't brake your car while stepping on the gas—or wash down a sleeping pill with espresso. Yet many people taking common Alzheimer's disease medications—cholinesterase inhibitors—are given medications ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Opioids linked to higher risk of pneumonia in older adults
Opioids -- a class of medicines commonly given for pain -- were associated with a higher risk of pneumonia in a study of 3,061 adults, aged 65 to 94, e-published in advance of publication in the Journal of the American Ge ...
Medications
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Reassurance for dementia sufferers on impact of common drugs
Researchers whose findings on the detrimental impact of some common medicines on elderly people were widely reported earlier in the summer have found that taking a few of these medicines does not appear to cause further cognitive ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 18, 2011 |
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Some memory complaints in the elderly may be warning signs of cognitive problems
Older individuals' complaints about memory lapses such as having trouble remembering recent events may indicate that they are experiencing cognitive problems that are greater than typical age-related changes. These findings, ...
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Sep 15, 2011 |
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Sexual satisfaction tied to overall 'successful aging' as reported by women age 60 to 89
A study by researchers at the Stein Institute for Research on Aging at the University of California, San Diego finds that successful aging and positive quality of life indicators correlate with sexual satisfaction in older ...
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Aug 24, 2011 |
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Contrary to earlier findings, excess body fat in elderly decreases life expectancy
While some past studies have shown that persons carrying a few extra pounds in their 70s live longer than their thinner counterparts, a new study that measured subjects' weight at multiple points over a longer period of time ...
Health
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Common irregular heartbeat raises risk of dementia
The most common kind of chronically irregular heartbeat, known as atrial fibrillation, is associated with a greater risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. This discovery by scientists at Group Health Research Institute ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Lifestyles of the old and healthy defy expectations
People who live to 95 or older are no more virtuous than the rest of us in terms of their diet, exercise routine or smoking and drinking habits, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.
Health
Aug 03, 2011 |
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Hospice improves care for dementia patients and their families
Hospice services substantially improved the provision of care and support for nursing home patients dying of dementia and their families, according to an analysis of survey responses from hundreds of bereaved family members. ...
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Jul 29, 2011 |
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Reducing avoidable rehospitalizations among seniors
The rehospitalization of senior patients within 30 days of discharge from a skilled nursing facility (SNF) has risen dramatically in recent years, at an estimated annual cost of more than $17 billion. A new study from Hebrew ...
Health
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Diabetes guidelines linked to severe low blood sugar in frail elderly
When an independent senior health program implemented new recommended diabetes blood sugar guidelines, episodes of severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) tripled among frail elderly patients, according to a study led by Sei ...
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May 23, 2011 |
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