Report: STD infections grew fastest in older adults from 2020 to 2023
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 10, 2024
Sexually transmitted disease (STD) diagnoses in the United States rose by 23.8% between 2020 and 2023 in people over the age of 65 — the largest percentage increase among the cohorts analyzed.
Simple test best to predict hip fracture risk in older adults, new study finds
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Donna Shryer
Jun 30, 2024
Researchers recently evaluated three tools to help predict risk of hip fracture in adults aged 80 and older, a population that accounts for 70% of hip fractures in the United States. The three processes...
Report: Type 1 diabetes prevalence in older adults nearly triples since 1990s
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 17, 2024
The prevalence of people over 65 living with type 1 diabetes skyrocketed in the past 30 years, a new study finds.
Older adults in cancer clinical trials don’t have more ER, observational visits, data shows
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 05, 2024
Older people in clinical trials for cancer didn’t have significantly more emergency room or observational visits compared to those not in trials, but they underwent more hospitalizations, according to...
Report: AI tool could boost communication for older adults with cancer
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Kristen Fischer
May 20, 2024
Artificial intelligence may be a useful communication tool to help older adults with cancer communicate with their doctors and have more of a say in their treatment, according to a new report published...
EHR tool boosts geriatric assessments, trial finds
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Kristen Fischer
May 14, 2024
When a team of scientists integrated a tool into an electronic health record platform, it improved geriatric assessments and improved clinician knowledge about the evaluations, according to a report on...
Opinion: Even with new law, clinical trials lack data on older adults
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 17, 2024
Older adults are not represented adequately in clinical trials of medications for disorders that are common in the population. The legal framework to better represent them is in place, but not enough is...
In trial, researchers test EHR alerts to lower harmful screenings, overtreatment in seniors
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Kristen Fischer
Feb 13, 2024
Researchers devised a new way to ensure that older adults aren’t being overtreated or tested needlessly. Their efforts resulted in lower unnecessary screenings for cancer, urinary tract infections and...
Older adults often assume new prescriptions have no side effects
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 25, 2021
Clinicians may want to intentionally emphasize side effects when prescribing new medications to older patients, a new study suggests.