Health
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.
Aug 18, 2011
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Health
Better mattresses improve care, cut hospital costs: study
Hospitals could reduce health care costs arising from pressure ulcers, commonly known as bedsores, by investing in pressure-reduction mattresses for elderly patients in emergency departments, according to new research from ...
Aug 17, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Trastuzumab raises risk of heart problems in the elderly with history of heart disease or diabetes
(Medical Xpress) -- The first study to investigate the effect of the breast cancer drug trastuzumab (Herceptin) on heart and vascular function in elderly patients has found that it increases the risk of heart problems, particularly ...
Aug 10, 2011
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Cardiology
Study begins of minimally invasive treatment for blocked heart valves
(Medical Xpress) -- Heart experts at Johns Hopkins have begun testing a new device designed to replace blocked aortic valves in patients for whom traditional open-heart surgery is considered too risky, such as elderly patients ...
Jul 13, 2011
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Medications
Study finds older men more likely to lose the ability to orgasm due to gabapentin
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have found that Gabapentin, (trade name Neurontin) a medication commonly used to treat neuropathic pain, seizures and biopolar disease in older and elderly patients, ...
Jun 3, 2011
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Other
Not all hospitals treat elderly the same
Hospitals that provide quality care for young people do not always provide the same quality care for the elderly, a new study has found.
Jun 3, 2011
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Health
Reducing revolving door hospital re-admissions
Currently, one in five elderly patients discharged from a hospital is readmitted within a month. Seeking to address the human and substantial financial burden of revolving door hospital readmissions, the Affordable Care Act ...
Jun 1, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study examines trauma in dementia patients
(Medical Xpress) -- As the elderly population of West Virginia increases, the number of patients with dementia who will require hospital admission for trauma will also increase as this population is at a higher risk of falls ...
May 26, 2011
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Cardiology
Certain biomarkers appear to increase risk of death for elderly patients with heart failure symptoms
Elderly patients with symptoms of heart failure and increased concentrations in the blood of the biomarker copeptin, or a combination of elevated concentrations of copeptin and the biomarker NT-proBNP, had an associated increased ...
May 24, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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 ...
May 23, 2011
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