Hospitalizations didn’t go down after use of algorithm to identify diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease … Oral vaccine worked well to stop urinary tract infections … App program could lower urinary...
Knee osteoarthritis linked to more rapid brain aging, dementia risk
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 08, 2024
People with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) may have a higher risk of cognitive decline including dementia. Specifically, those with knee osteoarthritis have more accelerated brain aging, according...
Care for dementia patients declined due to pandemic, South Korean study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 08, 2024
Researchers evaluated changes in mortality and mental and physical loss in people with dementia during the pandemic. There weren’t big changes in death, but loss rose after February 2020 — about the...
Clinical briefs for Monday, April 8
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 08, 2024
Paxlovid may not shorten COVID-19 symptoms if you’re vaccinated, but findings may not apply to older patients … Study spotlights shortages in drug supply during pandemic … FDA approves new antibiotic...
Telehealth inequities may arise for older adults with vision problems, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 05, 2024
Older adults in the United States with vision impairments were less likely to have access to technology such as tablets and mobile phones compared to those without difficulty seeing, according to a new...
Study: Many older minorities who need cochlear implants for hearing loss aren’t being referred for...
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 05, 2024
People who have severe or profound hearing loss may benefit from having cochlear implants. But only a minority of older adults who could use them are being referred for them. And certain populations are...
Pilot program to boost pre-med students’ interest in geriatric medicine yields positive results, study...
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 05, 2024
A study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society shows how pre-medical students exposed to geriatric medicine developed an increased interest in the speciality — a development...
Clinical briefs for Friday, April 5
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 05, 2024
Popular diabetes drugs could help with Parkinson’s disease … RSV was as severe as COVID-19, flu in unvaccinated before vaccine rollout … Why older adults don’t respond to vaccines as strongly...
Death, hospice rates higher in memory care facilities: study
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 04, 2024
There was a higher death rate and rate of using hospice in residents with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia receiving memory care treatment at assisted living communities compared to those at...
Contact with young kids tied to risk of pneumonia in older adults
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 04, 2024
It’s common for people over 60 to have pneumonia-causing bacteria, and contact with preschool and young children seems to be an important factor linked to the transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae...