Archive: 29/04/2016
Screening method uncovers drugs that may combat deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria
In recent years, hospitals have reported dramatic increases in the number of cases of the highly contagious, difficult-to-treat, and often deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). ...
Apr 29, 2016
In older adults, frailty and depression symptoms are linked and can affect spouses
Frailty, a condition that affects 10 percent of people aged 65 and older, can make older adults more prone to disability, falls, hospitalization and a shorter lifespan. Recently, researchers writing in the Journal of the ...
Apr 29, 2016
Lower weight, diabetes, and heart disease can worsen quality of life for frail older women
Researchers writing in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society recently learned that older women who are frail, and who have six or more chronic health conditions, are twice as likely to have a lower quality of life ...
Apr 29, 2016