Worsening frailty linked with poorer outcomes compared with improving frailty
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Kristen Fischer
Aug 05, 2024
Frailty progression was associated with fewer days alive at home (DAH), regardless of age or frailty level at baseline, a new study shows. Compared with people with frailty regression, people with frailty...
Study: Reducing medications safe for elderly hospital patients, but benefits limited
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Donna Shryer
Aug 04, 2024
A new randomized clinical trial found that reducing medications for elderly hospital patients is safe but doesn’t necessarily lead to better health outcomes. The research, published in JAMA Network...
Study: Death rate lower than expected in nursing home COVID-19 survivors
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Kristen Fischer
Aug 01, 2024
Older adults in nursing homes who survived a COVID-19 infection during the first wave of the pandemic didn’t have a high death rate in the two years that followed, a new study shows.
Study: Polypharmacy raises risk for hospitalization, ED trips and death
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 31, 2024
Polypharmacy in older adults might lead to negative health consequences, and interventions to optimize the use of multiple medications should be implemented, a new study finds.
A third of dementia patients face hazardous fragmented care, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 30, 2024
One-third of people living with dementia experience highly fragmented care without coordination — and those gaps in communication could be dangerous, a new study finds.
Report: Nearly half of older adults living alone with cognitive impairment take a high-risk drug
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 29, 2024
A new study comparing older adults with cognitive impairment who lived alone to those who lived with others found that those living alone used a median and five prescription drugs, and at least one high-risk...
Study aims to define long-term efficacy of new Alzheimer’s drugs
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 29, 2024
A new report seeks to classify the long-term impacts of Alzhiemer’s disease medications that target amyloid beta proteins in the brain.
Blood test shows promise for detecting Alzheimer’s disease
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Donna Shryer
Jul 29, 2024
A blood test demonstrated high accuracy for detecting Alzheimer’s disease among people with cognitive symptoms, according to a study presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference...
Brain score could spot late-life depression risk, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 25, 2024
The Brain Care Score, a tool for evaluating dementia or stroke risk without medical procedures, may help predict which older adults will develop depression as they age, a new study finds.
Artificial intelligence doesn’t beat doctors in diagnosing medical issues based on images, study reveals
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 24, 2024
An artificial intelligence (AI) model solved quiz questions testing doctors’ abilities to diagnose patients based on images and text summaries accurately. However, it made mistakes when trying to describe...