Older Men Still Overscreened for Prostate Cancer, Survey Says PSA screening rates over 50% for men 70 and up, despite USPSTF recommendations against it Apr 11, 2023
Surgery No Help for the Kidneys in Older Folks With Primary Hyperparathyroidism But those under 60 saw a significant benefit with parathyroidectomy Apr 10, 2023
Does Your 80-Year-Old Patient Really Need That Colonoscopy? Physicians often ignore life expectancy in screening decisions, study finds Apr 04, 2023
Brains Shrink With Anti-Amyloid Alzheimer's Drugs Treatments accelerate brain atrophy, but reasons why remain a mystery Mar 31, 2023
WHO Booster Update: Here's What They Got Right and Wrong The organization placed due emphasis on vulnerable groups Mar 30, 2023
FDA: Watch for Joint Replacement Device Failure After Exactech Recall Revision surgery only recommended for patients with pain Mar 23, 2023
Verbal Skills Better Among Well-Supported Seniors With Depression Another study highlights importance of social support in golden years Mar 21, 2023
Docs' Liking for Knee Injection Tied to Industry Payments Threefold rate for giving hyaluronic acid shots among those paid more than $100 Mar 20, 2023
Post-Op Delirium Linked to Accelerated Cognitive Decline Cognitive trajectory showed consistent pattern for most of 6-year follow-up Mar 20, 2023
Vascular Events Arguably Related to Too Little Sleep, Not Oversleeping Improving sleep may reduce PAD risk, and vice versa, according to report Mar 16, 2023
Take Risk Into Account Before Repeat Surveillance Colonoscopy, Study Says 58% of seniors with limited life expectancy, no significant findings invited for another round Mar 14, 2023
Autopsies Show Relationship Between Alzheimer's Pathology and Diet in Older Adults Green leafy vegetable intake inversely correlated with pathology in postmortem brain tissue Mar 08, 2023
Incident Cognitive Impairment Tied to Stress More than one in five older adults report high levels of perceived stress Mar 07, 2023
After Severe COVID, Cognitive Trajectories Go One of Three Ways Cognitive impairment persisted for 1 year in some patients age 50 and older Mar 06, 2023
Adding Abilify Eased Tough-to-Treat Depression in Seniors Augmenting antidepressants with aripiprazole significantly better than switching to bupropion Mar 03, 2023
Second RSV Vaccine for Older Adults Gets Thumbs Up From FDA Advisors VRBPAC unanimously endorses efficacy of GSK's protein fusion vaccine, not quite as sold on safety Mar 01, 2023
Lower Dementia Incidence Linked With Vitamin D Supplements But large observational study has significant limitations Mar 01, 2023
HIIT Workout Helps Walking Recovery After Stroke Proof-of-concept study shows significant advantages in the chronic stroke setting Feb 23, 2023
Nationwide Study Links Parkinson's Disease to Air Pollution Researchers identify a hot spot in the Mississippi-Ohio River Valley Feb 23, 2023
Death Literacy Among Healthcare Professionals Is Dismal Greater education is the need of the hour Feb 20, 2023
RSV Vaccine Succeeds in Phase III Trial of Older Adults Here's what it could mean in practice Feb 20, 2023
We May Be Better at Fending Off Dementia, Autopsies Suggest Neurodegeneration pathologies look similar across birth epochs as dementia incidence declines Feb 20, 2023
Some Antipsychotics Still Overused After In-Hospital Delirium Researchers call for more timely discontinuation of potentially inappropriate medications Feb 17, 2023
Cognitive Functioning Improves After Cochlear Implant Clinically meaningful improvement in older adults at risk for mild cognitive impairment Feb 16, 2023
There's No 'Recipe' to Reduce Dementia Risk -- Yet Until more evidence emerges, here's how to discuss it with patients Feb 13, 2023
Choosing Happiness A conversation with journalist John Leland on living and aging well Feb 07, 2023 podcast
Wearable Sensors Show Promise for Remote OA Assessment Provide good data and most patients can manage them, small trial indicates Feb 06, 2023
Blood Test Predicts Which People With Amyloid Are Likely to Decline Cognitively Plasma p-tau217 outperformed other preclinical Alzheimer's measures Feb 06, 2023
Their Alzheimer's Disease Didn't Worsen. Why? Case reports find one healthy habit in common Feb 03, 2023
BCG Vaccine Flops for Preventing COVID, Other Respiratory Infections Also made no difference for more severe COVID outcomes Feb 03, 2023
Medicare Part D Plan Prices May Change Unexpectedly How many seniors end up paying more than they thought they would? Jan 26, 2023
Immunotherapy Survival Gains 'Less Impressive' in Older Lung Cancer Patients Study finds median OS improvement of just 1 month for patients 75 and older Jan 26, 2023
Memory Decline Tied to Lifestyle Factors Healthy lifestyle slowed memory loss, even in APOE4 carriers Jan 25, 2023
Blood Test Bests Standard OA Prognostic Models in Early Study Multi-marker panel does a better job of predicting who will show rapid progression Jan 25, 2023
In Knee OA, Exercise Is Helpful ... But Maybe More in Mind Than Body Trial shows little extra benefit from intensive program Jan 23, 2023
Head Injuries Decrease Long-Term Survival Time Frequency of head hits, severity of impact raise mortality risk Jan 23, 2023
Short-Course Apalutamide to Reduce Active Surveillance Attrition in Prostate Cancer Editorialists question whether any intervention violates principles of surveillance Jan 17, 2023
