Study: Sleep apnea severity linked to verbal memory decline … Test ties mobility to cognitive function … Spotting osteosarcopenia in heart valve operation patients could predict post-surgical death...
New guideline focuses on early diagnosis, targeted treatment of peripheral artery disease
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Kristen Fischer
May 14, 2024
A newly released guideline from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology gives clinicians details on how to treat people with lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD).
Study: Living in a smaller household linked to higher dementia risk
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Kristen Fischer
May 14, 2024
Living in a smaller household raises your risk for dementia, according to a study published Tuesday in Scientific Reports. But living with four or more people doesn’t necessarily give you additional...
EHR tool boosts geriatric assessments, trial finds
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Kristen Fischer
May 14, 2024
When a team of scientists integrated a tool into an electronic health record platform, it improved geriatric assessments and improved clinician knowledge about the evaluations, according to a report on...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, May 15
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Kristen Fischer
May 14, 2024
Study: Target anxiety to help people with Parkinson’s walk better … Menstruating earlier in life lowers dementia risk, study finds … Study: Researchers spot problem blood cells that cause clotting,...
When there was greater use of telehealth during pandemic, there were more clinician encounters: study
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Kristen Fischer
May 13, 2024
High telehealth use among Medicare beneficiaries during the pandemic was linked to more clinician encounters and ambulatory care–sensitive hospitalizations, according to a study published Monday in JAMA...
Semaglutide drugs lower diuretic need in heart failure patients, data shows
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Kristen Fischer
May 13, 2024
Semaglutide — a type of medication used to treat diabetes and can help with weight loss — reduces the need for loop diuretics and dose, and has positive effects on heart failure symptoms, physical...
Two brain proteins linked to dementia could spot it earlier, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
May 13, 2024
A new study finds that peripheral glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and neurofilament light chain (NfL), two proteins in the brain, could be biomarkers that clinicians can use to spot dementia early....
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, May 14
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Kristen Fischer
May 13, 2024
Hospitalized, dependent patients have higher risk for hand germs, study finds … New thinking in advancements to prevent Alzheimer’s disease … Report: Some with traumatic brain injuries may have recovered...
Superagers’ brains reveal how white matter helps repel age-related decline: study
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Kristen Fischer
May 10, 2024
A new study potentially shows how the brains of superagers — people with outstanding cognitive performance despite their age — resist age-related decline.