Geriatrics
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Cervical screening often stops at 65, but should it?
A new study is intended to provide a more solid foundation for the benefits and harms of cervical screening for women older than 65.
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Osteoporosis drugs may extend life after fracture
The study’s findings suggest that bisphosphonates, in particular, have pleiotropic effects beyond the bone.
News
Tooth loss and diabetes together hasten mental decline
The findings of a new study show “the importance of improving access to dental health care and integrating primary dental and medical care,”...
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Surgery for early breast cancer can worsen frailty in older women
About 1 in 5 experienced clinically significant deterioration in frailty status after treatment for breast cancer.
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Restless legs a new modifiable risk factor for dementia?
Restless legs syndrome is associated with poor sleep, depression/anxiety, poor diet, microvasculopathy, and hypoxia.
Commentary
Bruce Willis’ frontotemporal dementia is not your grandpa’s dementia
‘We tend to characterize dementia as the erosion of memory, but FTD is more characterized by the loss of control over emotions and other cognitive...
News
Older men more at risk as dangerous falls rise for all seniors
“We always hear about lower bone density rates among females, so we didn’t expect to see males with more skull fractures.”
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What’s driving the "world’s fastest-growing brain disease"?
The chemical trichloroethylene (TCE) is associated with as much as a 500% increased risk for Parkinson’s disease (PD), suggests a new review data...
Conference Coverage
Strong support for CBT as first-line treatment for insomnia in seniors
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends CBT-I as first-line treatment for insomnia, with the key benefit being its exemplary safety...
Conference Coverage
New data on IV ketamine for resistant depression in the elderly
Overall, 48% of participants achieved a response, and 24% achieved remission of depressive symptoms following the first 4 weeks of twice-weekly...