CDC budget cuts threaten fight against antimicrobial-resistant infections following COVID-19 pandemic
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Donna Shryer
Jul 23, 2024
An alarming new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fact sheet reveals a 20% increase in hospital-onset infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant pathogens and a fivefold increase in candida...
Report reveals slight connection between stroke risk, flu shot among older adults
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 22, 2024
A new study did not uncover evidence of heightened stroke risk among those 65 and up after they received COVID-19 shots. However, it did reveal a link in this population between flu shot and stroke, though...
Study: Despite decline in long COVID risk, people need to remain vigilant
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Donna Shryer
Jul 21, 2024
A new study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reveals a significant decrease in people’s risk of developing long COVID over the course of the pandemic — from 2020 to 2022....
Study highlights new type of memory loss often mistaken for Alzhemer’s in older adults
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 17, 2024
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have defined criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that affects the brain’s limbic system and often is mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease.
Study eyes link between sleep, cognitive decline in older women
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 16, 2024
A new study will look at how sleep affects the development of dementia. Sleep problems, which are common in dementia, are often thought to be an outcome of the disease, but recent evidence indicates sleep...
Peripheral neuropathy linked to slow gait speed, lower extremity function among older adults
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 15, 2024
A new study found that peripheral neuropathy is linked to slow gait and impaired lower extremity performance in older adults with and without diabetes.
Age may temper narcissistic tendencies, new research finds
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Donna Shryer
Jul 14, 2024
A comprehensive review of studies on narcissism found that people with this personality trait tend to become less narcissistic as they age. The study, conducted by Ulrich Orth and colleagues and published...
Medicare linked to better health in sexual minorities, report finds
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 10, 2024
Medicare eligibility is tied to better health in LGBTQI+ adults compared to heterosexual adults. In states with more preexisting sexual disparities, the federal health program may lower insurance disparities...
Report: Older adults face racial disparities in mental health issues, care
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 09, 2024
A new whitepaper from the Brookings Institution shows racial disparities in rates of mental illness, substance use disorder and suicide among older adults. The connections between mental health, functional...
Report: Most federally funded clinical trials for dementia have racially excluding criteria
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 08, 2024
A team of investigators looked at possible dementia clinical trial requirements that could exclude people based on race and ethnicity. Overall, 82% of the trials they examined had criteria that weren’t...