New treatment guidelines for chronic constipation in adults published
By
Alicia Lasek
May 22, 2023
The new guidelines cover management of chronic idiopathic constipation, a common disorder that affects 8% to 12% of U.S. adults.
With education and a doc’s OK, most seniors agree to deprescribe unneeded meds: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 10, 2023
Seniors are willing to take their doctor’s advice to discontinue an unneeded medication after viewing an educational video, investigators say.
Reduced sense of smell linked to increased risk of late-life depression
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 27, 2023
A reduced sense of smell has long been associated with dementia in older adults. Now there is evidence that the issue may also be linked to late-life depression.
Investigators fast-track new UTI antibiotic for FDA approval
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 07, 2022
A new oral antibiotic that targets the common causes of urinary tract infections has proven highly successful in clinical trials.
Common diabetes drug may serve as novel Afib treatment
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 13, 2022
If approved, it would be the first new drug identified to treat this disease of the heart in a decade, according to Cleveland Clinic researchers.
Surgeons: Oldest knee replacement patients report superior pain relief
Mar 15, 2023
Patients aged 75 years and older achieve better pain relief and improved quality of life compared with patients younger than 55 years, investigators say.
Clinicians should be on lookout for cognitive changes after CVD events: study
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 06, 2023
People who experience adverse health events linked to cardiovascular disease may have a higher incidence of dementia, a new study finds. The results highlight the need to monitor these patients for changes...
Most US adults with type 2 diabetes meet criteria for GLP-RAs, SGLT2is
Feb 28, 2023
More than 82% US adults with type 2 diabetes meet the criteria to be prescribed the drugs, yet only 9% use either of them.
Most older adults would rather keep healthcare and religion separate, poll finds
Dec 15, 2022
Clinicians should keep their religious beliefs separate from how they deliver care, according to 77% of older adults queried in the University of Michigan’s National Poll on Healthy Aging.
Symptomless COVID infections found in almost half of US adults, CDC says
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 05, 2022
Approximately 44% of US adults were “possibly asymptomatically infected,” between August 2021 and May 2022, blood serum evidence shows.