Feds Rein in Predictive Software That Limits Care for Medicare Advantage Patients A computer program isn't always a crystal ball for care Oct 08, 2023
Low Relapse Rates With Twice-Yearly Schizophrenia Treatment Every-6-month dosing of paliperidone palmitate was effective and safe up to 3 years Oct 03, 2023 video
Loneliness Tied to Subsequent Parkinson's Risk Findings support Surgeon General's recent call to improve social connection Oct 02, 2023
Humans Stacked Up Like So Much Cordwood The growing need for nursing homes and psychiatric hospitals Sep 29, 2023
Preventing Biden's Stumbles; Bruce Willis Aware of His Dementia? ABIM Prez to Retire Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 27, 2023
Postmenopausal Fracture Risk for SGLT2 Inhibitors Similar to Other Diabetes Drugs Lower risk compared with DPP-4 inhibitors, and similar risk versus GLP-1 receptor agonists Sep 26, 2023
New Schizophrenia Treatments Are Coming: Don't Panic Be prepared and be open-minded, says Peter Weiden Sep 26, 2023 video
Primary Prevention Benefits of Lowering LDL Also Apply to the Elderly No attenuation of vascular risk reduction between younger and older statin users Sep 25, 2023
Smaller Lesions, Better Baseline Visual Acuity Bode Well for Submacular Hemorrhage Non-surgical treatment associated with superior outcomes in small study Sep 25, 2023
Loneliness Needs to Be Treated Like Any Other Health Condition, Researcher Suggests Both primary and secondary prevention are essential; can include virtual and in-person solutions Sep 21, 2023
Blood, CSF Marker Detects Parkinsonian Disorders Enzyme also identified preclinical Lewy body disease Sep 20, 2023
Many Medicare Patients Travel 50-Plus Miles for Neurology Visits Telemedicine can improve access to care, researchers argue Sep 15, 2023
Dementia Risk Tied to Sedentary Lifestyle Ten hours or more a day of sedentary behavior raised risk of incident dementia Sep 12, 2023
PCPs Often First Stop for Managing Newly Diagnosed Depression First-year care trajectories looked different than those seeing psychiatrists Sep 12, 2023
When Temps Rise, So Do Medical Risks. Should Docs and Nurses Talk More About Heat? "This is not your grandmother's heat," says policy expert Sep 10, 2023
Twin Study Ties Cognitive Decline With Earlier Traumatic Brain Injuries Twins with TBI at age 25 or older had sharper drops in cognition as they aged Sep 07, 2023
Sen. McConnell Reminds Us That 'Just a Fall' Can Lead to So Much More Falls should not be taken lightly, especially in older adults Sep 07, 2023
What Can Primary Care Physicians Do for Our Aging Population? Better care begins with a better understanding of age-related changes Sep 06, 2023
Joint Replacement Outcomes a Bit Better With Patient Reports Post-Surgery Not a huge benefit, study finds, but could be a step toward more consistent follow-up care Sep 01, 2023
Certain SSRIs May Increase Arrhythmia Risk in Select Patients At recommended dose in people over 65, potentially pro-arrhythmic concentrations predicted in 20% Aug 29, 2023
Testosterone Loss in Older Men: Factors Beyond Age in the Mix Several lifestyle, health factors associated with declining levels Aug 28, 2023
Case Grows for SGLT2 Inhibitors as Gout Treatment Large cohort study shows expansive benefits Aug 28, 2023
Rush to DOACs Spells Trouble for Frail Warfarin Users Lower bleeding risk of new blood thinners did not extend to this older subgroup Aug 28, 2023
Dementia Risk From Midlife Onward Predicted With New Tool Novel 14-year risk score draws largely on modifiable risk factors Aug 24, 2023
COPD Inhalers' Link to Fracture Risk Supported in Pooled Trials Certain treatment regimens associated with increased risk of fracture Aug 21, 2023
Experts Warn on Mixing New Alzheimer's Drug and Antidepressants Patients starting SSRIs and lecanemab may warrant close monitoring Aug 18, 2023
Few Early Alzheimer's Patients Qualify for Lecanemab Inclusion and exclusion criteria whittle down pool of eligible treatment candidates Aug 16, 2023
Deeper Medicare Cuts Won't Reduce the $50B Spending on Older Adult Falls Cutting physical therapy reimbursement is bad for patients and bad for spending Aug 10, 2023
Dementia Risk Linked With Cumulative Heartburn Med Use, Analysis Suggests Study adds to the ongoing discussion about proton pump inhibitors and cognition Aug 09, 2023
Generic Fluticasone–Salmeterol Inhaler for COPD Matches Branded Product Similar incidences of exacerbation, pneumonia hospitalization between inhalers Aug 07, 2023
Quest's Alzheimer's Blood Test Has Experts Concerned "Patients will have a difficult time knowing what the results mean" Aug 07, 2023
Steroid Tapering Called Safe in Older RA Patients Trial follow-up demonstrates feasibility, though not without some risk Aug 07, 2023
Mixed Results With Senolytic Agent for Retinal Disease Positive outcome with UBX-1325 in diabetic macular edema but not wet AMD Aug 02, 2023
Alzheimer's Blood Tests May Improve Primary Care Diagnoses Without biomarkers, primary care doctors correctly identified Alzheimer's in about 55% of cases Jul 21, 2023
PCP Visits Before Emergency Surgery Tied to Lower Mortality in Older Adults Protective effect was similar for both Black and white Medicare patients Jul 19, 2023
This Common Device Can Slow Cognitive Decline, Trial Shows Hearing loss is more than a marker for dementia risk, it appears Jul 18, 2023
Retinal OCT Shows Promise as Diagnostic Aid for Mild Cognitive Impairment Matched scans exhibit good repeatability, distinguish normal cognition from mild impairment Jul 17, 2023
Low Amyloid Burden Bodes Well for Future Dementia Risk A ray of hope amidst disappointing results from A4 trial Jul 17, 2023
Why Do Superagers Have Sharper Memory? Study untangles characteristics linked with better brains in 80-year-olds Jul 14, 2023
