Geriatrics

Dual Sensory Impairment Ups Dementia Risk

Aug 2, 2020

FRIDAY, July 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Older adults with both hearing and visual...

Telemedicine Use Explodes During COVID-19 Pandemic

Aug 2, 2020

FRIDAY, July 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The emergence of telemedicine has accelerated...

CDC Guidance Issued for Testing, Management of HCP Exposed to Hep C

Jul 26, 2020

FRIDAY, July 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

Worse Multisensory Function May Accelerate Cognitive Aging

Jul 26, 2020

FRIDAY, July 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Worsening multisensory function is associated with...

Most Individuals in U.S. Have Not Been Infected With SARS-CoV-2

Jul 24, 2020

THURSDAY, July 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — During March to early May 2020, most individuals...

Too Much, Too Little Sleep May Up Mortality in Patients With T2DM

Jul 24, 2020

THURSDAY, July 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In people with type 2 diabetes, sleeping more or...

Few Dementia Caregivers Receive Firearm Safety Counseling

Jul 24, 2020

THURSDAY, July 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Few caregivers of adults with Alzheimer disease...

Financial Health of Hospitals ‘Dire’ Due to COVID-19

Jul 24, 2020

THURSDAY, July 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 continues to cause financial peril for...

Family Medicine Resident Graduates Remain in the Field

Jul 18, 2020

THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Family medicine (FM) residency graduates continue...

Social Determinants of Health Linked to Incident Stroke Risk

Jul 18, 2020

FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For adults younger than 75 years, increases in the...

Exposure to Wildfire Smoke Ups Deaths of Hemodialysis Patients

Jul 18, 2020

FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients receiving in-center hemodialysis,...

Lopinavir/Ritonavir COVID-19 Treatment Linked to Bradycardia

Jul 18, 2020

FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/RTV) treatment of COVID-19...

One Third of People with Dementia Have Access to Firearms

Jul 17, 2020

Study suggests need for counseling caregivers on firearm safety, as well as clinical, community interventions According to recent research, caregivers for people with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) typically did...

#PWChat Recap: The Disproportionate Effects of COVID-19 on Black Americans

Jul 13, 2020

The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around the disproportionate effects of the...

More Than One in Four Seniors Reported Falling in Past Year

Jul 12, 2020

FRIDAY, July 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In 2018, 27.5 percent of older adults reported...

Low Back Pain Also May Resolve in Some After Hip Replacement

Jul 12, 2020

FRIDAY, July 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Symptomatic low back pain (LBP) resolves in 82...

Tailored Fall Prevention Falls Flat

Jul 10, 2020

STRIDE trial appears to miss mark A bundle of interventions designed to prevent fall injuries did not ultimately prevent those injuries at statistically significant levels, new randomized trial data showed.”In this...