The signs of physical abuse among elderly people can be challenging for health care professionals to recognize, resulting in as few as one in 24 cases being reported to authorities. However, a new study in Annals of Emergency ...
Jul 28, 2020
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Current observations suggest that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 causes severe symptoms mainly in elderly patients with chronic disease. However when two pairs of previously healthy young brothers from two families required mechanical ...
Jul 24, 2020
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Francesca Rinaldo, MD, Ph.D., became interested in the plight of older adults during a rotation in the intensive care unit at Stanford Hospital. She noticed how often elderly patients were admitted after sustaining rib fractures, ...
Jul 17, 2020
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Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI headed by Suh Pann-ghill) announced the discovery of the elevation of Ace2 as a SARS-CoV-2 entry receptor gene expression in elderly patients with Alzheimer's by Dr. Joo Jae-yeol and Dr. ...
Jul 16, 2020
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One in four inpatients with influenza in a given season showed signs of having become infected during care. This is clear from a University of Gothenburg thesis about the spread of influenza in hospitals and how this problem ...
Jul 15, 2020
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Targeted public health interventions are essential to confront the coronavirus. Physicians at Yale New Haven Health created a registry to help identify which patients are most susceptible to the virus.
Jun 12, 2020
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Asking elderly patients how much they exercise can help predict their risk of heart disease and death, Mount Sinai and collaborative researchers say. Their study, published in the Monday, June 5, issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings: ...
Jun 5, 2020
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Study confirms effective, less toxic alternative to standard treatment for adults with Burkitt lymphoma
May 26, 2020
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Millions of people around the world use proton pump inhibitors for conditions like heartburn, gastritis and stomach ulcers. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now report that the long-term use of these drugs could ...
May 8, 2020
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Derided by many economists for years for insisting on a balanced budget and criticized for a health care system seen as bloated and overly expensive, Germany has found itself well equipped now to weather the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 22, 2020
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