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
Another Link Between Prostate Cancer Hormone Tx and Impaired Cognition Strongest association with enzalutamide, but survival benefit outweighs effect, specialists say Apr 25, 2022
How Often Does Prediabetes in Seniors Escalate to Full-Blown Disease? Study finds estimated annual progression rate to diabetes of 5.3% Apr 20, 2022
Could NSAIDs Negate Bisphosphonate Benefits? Women taking clodronate and NSAIDs didn't see a protective effect Apr 20, 2022
Anticoagulation Goes Head-to-Head With DAPT After Valve Surgery Edoxaban not significantly better for thrombosis protection in "underpowered" ADAPT-TAVR trial Apr 06, 2022
Could Undiagnosed Neuro Condition Explain Grandpa's Falls? Peripheral neuropathy found in many patients who weren't aware of it Apr 04, 2022
Another Oral Testosterone Undecanoate OK'd for Hypogonadism FDA approval of Tlando follows in the footsteps of Jatenzo Mar 29, 2022
Pumping (IV) Iron Linked to Varying Anaphylaxis Risk for Older Adults Study finds risk was low, but unequal across different products Mar 28, 2022
'It's an Alien Knee in There': Mixed Feelings After Joint Replacement Study highlights common, but rarely discussed, problem Mar 28, 2022
Aducanumab Data Finally Published, but Alzheimer's Experts Spot Problems Questions raised about secondary endpoints Mar 23, 2022
Reassurance on Steroid Shots for Knee OA Study counters fears that injections worsen underlying pathology Mar 17, 2022
Peripheral Nerve Problems Tied to Later Dementia Findings may indicate shared susceptibility to neurodegeneration Mar 11, 2022
Cognitive Effects Persist in Older COVID Patients Long-term cognitive decline common after SARS-CoV-2 hospitalization Mar 08, 2022
Hopes Dashed for Novel Osteoarthritis Treatment Noninvasive therapy looked like a sure winner until trial results came in Mar 08, 2022
Hearing Loss, Epilepsy May Be Early Signs of Parkinson's Disease Known symptoms like tremor spotted in primary care records 10 years before diagnosis Mar 07, 2022
ARB-Cancer Link May Come Down to Cumulative Exposure Does a new paper resolve the conflicting safety data on the popular antihypertensives? Mar 02, 2022
Biden Administration Announces Steps to Improve Nursing Home Care Measures include those aimed at increasing staffing and cutting down on unnecessary treatment Feb 28, 2022
Salt in Fizzy Tablets Linked to Heart, Death Risk Warning signals seen for fast-acting acetaminophen and other drugs Feb 24, 2022
Owning a Pet May Protect Cognitive Health Strongest benefit seen for long-term pet owners Feb 23, 2022
Non-Validated BP Monitors Are a Global Problem Thousands of device models don't meet international standards Feb 15, 2022
Loneliness May Triple Dementia Risk Even without dementia, lonely feelings linked with brain changes Feb 09, 2022
