Sit-to-stand study improved body weight, but not physical function in residents … Low-dose aspirin does not prevent depression in healthy older adults … Mouth bacteria can infect brain cells, supporting...
Low-dose aspirin does not reduce risk of memory decline, large study finds
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Alicia Lasek
May 07, 2020
The risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, dementia, or probable Alzheimer’s disease was no different between those who took daily aspirin and a cohort given a placebo.
Clinical Briefs for Friday, April 17
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 16, 2020
Thousands of OSHA complaints filed over COVID-19 safety lapses, including lack of PPE … Visual impairment linked to Alzheimer’s disease in women … Aspirin tied to reduced risk of several digestive...
Clinical Briefs for Friday, March 27
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 26, 2020
Daily aspirin shows no effect on dementia in 5-year study … Tears unlikely to spread COVID-19, say ophthalmologists … New tools may enable communication with ventilator-assisted patients during...
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, February 18
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 17, 2020
Vitamin C may shorten ventilation in critically ill patients … Physical activity reduces a host of health risks, finds review of studies … Older adults in LTC discontinuing aspirin during the end of...
How to protect a broken heart? Beta blockers and aspirin might help
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 11, 2020
Heart attack risk is high following the death of a close loved one. But preventive drug therapy may reduce the odds of suffering a “broken heart.”
Study questions aspirin’s effectiveness in preventing CVD, cancer
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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.
Regular aspirin use may reduce cancer, mortality risks
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 05, 2019
A drug that lowers cancer and mortality risks in seniors may already be in many medicine cabinets, say cancer researchers.
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, December 5
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 04, 2019
Reducing brain inflammation can reverse dementia, study finds … High-dose aspirin may be an effective migraine med alternative … Variation in blood pressure increases long-term risk of dementia …...
For many heart patients, stents no better than drugs
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 18, 2019
Invasive procedures to unblock arteries may be unnecessary or premature in many stable heart disease patients, a major new study has found.