Older adults with hypothyroidism face elevated mortality risk … Long night’s sleep, long midday naps raise stroke risk … New quality measures introduced for older adults’ diabetes care …...
Search for life’s meaning may affect residents’ health and well-being
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 11, 2019
Beyond age 60, people often renew a search for life’s meaning – and the process has health consequences, psychiatric research shows.
Study links diet to late-stage eye disease
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 11, 2019
People who follow a Western-style diet are three times more likely to develop late-stage macular degeneration, say researchers.
C. diff often originates outside healthcare settings, new study suggests
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 11, 2019
One in 10 patients admitted to a New York hospital with no C. diff symptoms were found to be carriers. Six months later, 38% had symptoms.
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, December 12
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 11, 2019
Inappropriate antibiotics given to 22% of seniors … Use of pain, sleep meds increases frailty risk in the elderly … Triplet study shows that genes aren’t the only factor in Alzheimer’s...
Study questions aspirin’s effectiveness in preventing CVD, cancer
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 10, 2019
People who have not experienced a heart attack or stroke should not consume aspirin each day for prevention, say researchers.
Sports activity appears to quiet the brain, improve hearing
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 10, 2019
Playing sports may quiet the brain and boost its ability to process sounds, according to a study of college athletes.
‘Safety signals’ help reduce debilitating anxiety, study shows
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 10, 2019
A new therapy concept may offer relief for people with debilitating anxiety and stress-related disorders.
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, December 11
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 10, 2019
Inflammatory marker linked to dementia … Duration of diabetes history tied to higher short-term mortality risk … New drug reduces seizures in epilepsy type common among seniors … Narcissism declines...
Depression linked to lung cancer diagnosis
By
John O'Connor
Dec 09, 2019
Roughly a third of the people diagnosed with lung cancer also experience signs of depression, Ohio State University investigators have found.