Early Signs of Parkinson's May Be Seen Years Before Diagnosis Skin changes, inflammatory conditions emerge, in addition to well-known features Nov 07, 2022
Study Refutes Heart Health Claims of Dietary Supplements LDL cholesterol reductions with cinnamon, garlic, and others not on par with statin Nov 06, 2022
Decision-Support Tool Enhances Outcomes for Heart Failure Patients in the ED Pathways for HF patients picked for early discharge versus admission Nov 06, 2022
Diuretics on Par in Head-to-Head Comparison for Hypertension But a surprise signal emerges for one group in pragmatic trial Nov 06, 2022
Not So Cool After All: No CV Benefit With Lower-Temp Dialysate in Hemodialysis Some patients in MyTEMP trial even complained cooler dialysate was "worst possible feeling" Nov 06, 2022
Furosemide Holds Up to Newer, Stronger Loop Diuretic During HF Hospitalization Preference for mainstay decongestant versus torsemide likely unchanged after TRANSFORM-HF study Nov 05, 2022
Senate Report Decries Medicare Advantage Plan Marketing Deception Frustrated, confused, embarrassed enrollees often delay care after being "scammed," report notes Nov 04, 2022
Empagliflozin Protects At-Risk Patients From CKD Progression Also cut risk for cardiovascular-related death and worsening kidney function Nov 04, 2022
Doctor, Drug Rep Plead Guilty in Nuedexta Drama Fallout continues for drug pushed on elderly patients who may have been harmed Nov 03, 2022
CDC Just Changed Its Opioid Prescribing Guidelines. Here's What to Know. Guidance covers acute, subacute, and chronic pain and replaces 2016 guidelines Nov 03, 2022
Stop RAS Inhibitors in Advanced CKD? STOP ACEi Trial Sheds Some Light Findings do not support discontinuation to improve kidney function, researchers say Nov 03, 2022
Pulse Oximeters Need to Work Better for Dark-Skinned Patients, FDA Panel Says Warnings to patients and providers, improved accuracy needed, advisors say Nov 02, 2022
USPSTF: No Hormone Therapy to Prevent Chronic Conditions After Menopause Updated recommendation applies to oral or transdermal delivery Nov 01, 2022
Don't Normalize Depression in Older Adults Access to treatment among seniors is critical, just as with any other age group Oct 31, 2022
Intensive Patient Education Primes Care-Seeking Attitudes for Acute MI Can education help reduce prehospital delays in heart attack care? Oct 28, 2022
Vaccine Candidates for RSV Ward Off Severe Illness in Older Adults Trials show upwards of 85% protection against more severe cases of respiratory syncytial virus Oct 26, 2022
Outpatient Centers Cautiously Open Doors to Surgery for People With Cardiac Devices Will those with CIEDs become regular patients at ambulatory surgery centers within a decade? Oct 25, 2022
New ACR/EULAR Guideline Expands RA Remission Definition Axial spondyloarthritis guidance also gets an update Oct 25, 2022
Dementia Strikes One in Ten Americans Over 65 Even more have mild cognitive impairment, new estimates show Oct 24, 2022
For Chronic Pain Patients, Consider Green-Tinted Glasses? Mixed results with green light therapy for fibromyalgia Oct 24, 2022
Post-Op Pain Control More Challenging for Cannabis Users Large study builds on the limited literature on cannabis and surgical outcomes Oct 22, 2022
ACIP Backs Recs for New Pneumococcal Vax in Previously Immunized Adults CDC advisors address who should get 20-valent conjugate vaccine after PCV13 Oct 22, 2022
Cognitive Decline Quickens After Weight Loss in Early Parkinson's Disease Early weight gain associated with cognitive changes, too Oct 21, 2022
CMS Puts the Kibosh on Misleading Medicare Advantage Sales Pitches "Secret shoppers" found that 80% of agent calls with clients were inaccurate or insufficient Oct 21, 2022
Does Rheumatoid Arthritis Get Its Start in the Gut? Patients and at-risk individuals show antibodies to common intestinal bacterium Oct 20, 2022
Mayo Warns It Won't Take Most Medicare Advantage Plans Letters to Florida, Arizona patients suggest they enroll in original Medicare with a supplement Oct 20, 2022
Sleeping 5 Hours or Less Raises Risk of Multiple Chronic Diseases Risk emerged in midlife and persisted at older ages Oct 19, 2022
1 in 7 Community-Living Seniors Die in the Year After Major Surgery Risk fourfold higher for those with probable dementia Oct 19, 2022
Reimagining Aging and Later Life Louise Aronson, MD, on the need to recognize elderhood as a distinct life stage Oct 18, 2022 podcast
Dementia Signs Emerge Up to 9 Years Before Diagnoses Cognitive, functional changes spotted in pre-Alzheimer's patients and others Oct 15, 2022
Despite Exciting Newcomer Drugs, Uptake of HF Meds Still Meek Across Oceans U.S. not alone in slow initiation, low target-dose achievement, and early discontinuation Oct 14, 2022
Brokers Earn More to Steer New Beneficiaries to Medicare Advantage Agent says he would double earnings if he sold MA over Medigap plans to new clients Oct 14, 2022
The Medicare Advantage Trade-Off: Saving Money, Losing Access Beneficiaries may spend less on premiums, but care delays are common. Do worse outcomes follow? Oct 13, 2022
Does Diet Matter? Study Questions Links Between Diet and Dementia Diet combined with other risk-reduction strategies may show different results Oct 12, 2022
What Good Is a CPAP Machine Without a Microchip? The shortage threatens the well-being of patients with sleep apnea, among others Oct 11, 2022
The Kidney Transplant Ecosystem Is Ripe for Reform Here are the policies and payment systems that need to change Oct 11, 2022
Lower Entresto Doses Suffice in the Real World Reassuring findings for patients who don't tolerate the maximum ARNI dose Oct 10, 2022