High-Dose Flu Vaccine Promising for Mortality Benefits in Older Adults Danish pilot study lays groundwork for larger trial looking for better CV outcomes Aug 28, 2022
Most Patients With Neovascular Eye Disease Prefer Anti-VEGF Implant More than 90% of patients say they would choose implant over monthly intravitreal injections Aug 25, 2022
Far Fewer Deaths During Omicron for Seniors Treated With Paxlovid Little apparent effect observed in patients ages 40 to 64, however Aug 24, 2022
Herpes Viruses Linked to Brain Changes But no evidence of a relationship between herpes and Alzheimer's disease Aug 24, 2022
More Hip Fractures Seen in Women With This Diet Study compared vegetarian, pescatarian, and meat eaters Aug 11, 2022
Propofol Not the Only Option for Abdominal Surgery Anesthesia in Seniors Trial shows no higher risk for complications with alternative agent Aug 10, 2022
Some 'Dopamine Bean' Supplements Show High Levels of Parkinson's Drug Levodopa found in doses similar to those in prescription meds Aug 08, 2022
Persistent Olfactory Loss After COVID Predicts Cognitive Impairment Loss of smell a better predictor than severity of infection among older adults Aug 07, 2022
Acupuncture May Help Reduce Urinary Incontinence Episodes, Symptoms in Women Consistency in limited results, but better-quality data needed to confirm benefit Aug 04, 2022
Alzheimer's Blood Tests: Not Ready for Primary Care But some biomarkers may revolutionize Alzheimer's diagnosis in the future Aug 04, 2022
Regular Exercise Program May Stall Cognitive Decline Trial shows promise for people with mild cognitive impairment Aug 03, 2022
Does Spinal Fusion Reduce Revision Surgeries in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis? Revision surgery rates similar between those who underwent decompression with and without fusion Jul 27, 2022
Dementia Risk Climbs With Intake of Ultra-Processed Foods Swapping out ultra-processed for unprocessed or minimally processed foods can lower risk sharply Jul 27, 2022
Urinary Incontinence a Significant Burden in Long-Term Care Facilities Over half of nursing directors surveyed said managing incontinence contributes to CNA turnover Jul 22, 2022
Physical Exercise Tied to Greater Cognitive Reserve in Women Both men and women see benefit from mentally stimulating activities Jul 22, 2022
Brolucizumab Prevails in Treat-and-Extend Trial of Anti-VEGF Therapy for Eye Disease Longer treatment-free interval with similar vision outcomes versus aflibercept in neovascular AMD Jul 19, 2022
Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Age-Related Macular Degeneration Reduced treatment burden, durable therapeutic effects with aflibercept-expressing construct Jul 15, 2022
'Senolytic' Therapy Shows Promise in Neovascular Eye Disease Clearing out dying cells, approach has implications far beyond ophthalmology Jul 14, 2022
Voice Recordings Spot Cognitive Impairment Machine-learning model discerns normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia Jul 13, 2022
Lubricant Shots for Knee OA: No, They Really Don't Help Meta-analysis of hyaluronic acid trials throws serious shade on common practice Jul 06, 2022
ADHD Drugs May Treat Alzheimer's Cognitive Symptoms Effectively Positive effect on global cognition, apathy in meta-analysis Jul 05, 2022
Bye-Bye, 'Life's Simple 7': AHA Redefines Cardiovascular Health by Adding Sleep New metrics and scoring algorithm for heart health in children and adults Jun 29, 2022
Awareness of Abuse Potential Among Noncontrolled Substances Is Growing From commonly used antidepressants to antihypertensives, risk of abuse hides in plain sight Jun 23, 2022
Midlife Hand Grip Strength Tied to Subsequent Dementia Is the relationship mainly vascular? Jun 23, 2022
Mortality Risk Linked With Balance on One Leg One-legged standing test during routine checkups may add useful information about risk of death Jun 21, 2022
Guideline: Timing Is Everything for RA and Lupus Patients Needing Joint Replacement New advice on which antirheumatic meds to continue and which to stop before surgery Jun 21, 2022
Renowned Doc Accused of Sexual Assault; AARP's Big Bounty; DOJ Targets Billing Fraud This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 08, 2022
Walking Speed Helps Predict Future Dementia Dual decline in gait speed and cognition tied to higher dementia risk Jun 01, 2022
Even With High Genetic Risk for Alzheimer's, Lifestyle Factors Matter Midlife scores on Life's Simple 7 tied to dementia incidence across a range of genetic profiles May 25, 2022
Triple Therapy for COPD: One Drug Too Many, Too Often? Dropping the inhaled steroid seems to help many patients in real-world study May 19, 2022
Dementia Risk Factors Vary By Age Vascular factors at age 55 are different from those later in life May 18, 2022
Tymlos Boosts Bone Health in Men With Osteoporosis Daily agent upped bone mineral density at multiple sites in phase III ATOM trial May 14, 2022
Brain Aging Markers Tied to Inflammatory Foods Smaller brain volume seen with diet-driven inflammation May 13, 2022
Can Young Cerebrospinal Fluid Boost Cognition? Brain fluid from young mice improved memory in older ones May 11, 2022
Laughing in the Face of Death Only the rare patient has a sense of humor at the end of life May 09, 2022
CDC: COVID Boosters Blunted Omicron's Effect on Nursing Homes Residents with a booster more protected than those with only a primary series May 05, 2022
Early Alzheimer's Test Gets FDA Nod First in vitro diagnostic to detect amyloid in early disease setting May 05, 2022
