Geriatrics

Type of Anesthesia Not Linked to Dementia Risk in Older Adults

Oct 12, 2020

FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Elective surgery using general anesthesia (GA) is...

T2DM Links to Risk for Dementia Differ by Type, Glycemic Control

Oct 12, 2020

FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are more likely...

Lifetime Prevalence of Suicide Ideation 17.4 Percent Among Doctors

Oct 9, 2020

THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The lifetime prevalence of suicide ideation (SI)...

Some Patients Have Increase in Cardiac Events With Azithromycin

Oct 9, 2020

THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Patients using QT-prolonging drugs have an...

Poll: Medication Management Lacking in Older Adults

Oct 9, 2020

THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The majority of older adults who take multiple...

Many Older Gun Owners Fail to Consider Future Ownership Transfer

Oct 7, 2020

TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Half of older gun owners have a plan for...

Routine Preop Stress Testing Down in Hip, Knee Arthroplasty

Oct 7, 2020

TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — From 2006 to 2017, the frequency of preoperative...

Hydroxychloroquine Not Beneficial for SARS-CoV-2 Preexposure Prophylaxis

Oct 7, 2020

TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Hydroxychloroquine administered for eight weeks as...

Dentists’ Rx for Opioids Pose Danger for Drug Interactions

Oct 6, 2020

MONDAY, Oct. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Opioids prescribed by dentists may pose a threat for...

Adjuvant Radiotherapy No Better for Localized Prostate Cancer

Oct 6, 2020

MONDAY, Oct. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Adjuvant radiotherapy does not improve event-free...

Daily Aspirin May Up Growth, Spread of Cancers in Older Adults

Oct 6, 2020

MONDAY, Oct. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A daily, low dose of aspirin may increase the risk...

Outcomes Worse for Deferred Aortic Valve Replacement

Oct 2, 2020

FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients with symptomatic severe aortic...

Older Adults Likely to Be Excluded From COVID-19 Trials

Oct 2, 2020

FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Older adults are likely to be excluded from many...

Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Tied to Threefold Higher Risk for Death

Oct 2, 2020

FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There is a threefold higher risk for dying of breast...

September 2020 Briefing – Geriatrics

Oct 1, 2020

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Geriatrics for September 2020. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as the FDA approvals and...

In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Common in Critically Ill With COVID-19

Oct 1, 2020

THURSDAY, Oct. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For critically ill patients with COVID-19,...

Skip the Low-Dose Aspirin for Sepsis Prevention

Oct 1, 2020

’Pioneering’ post-hoc analysis suggests that aspirin does not prevent sepsis-related death Daily low-dose aspirin was not the answer for reducing deaths associated with sepsis in community-dwelling older adults,...