Geriatrics
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A ‘promising target’ to improve outcomes in late-life depression
Older adults with depression and comorbid apathy have poorer outcomes, including lower remission rates and poorer response to first-line...
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Racism tied to cognition in middle-aged, elderly
Health care itself may be partially responsible.
Perspectives
Supporting Patients on Complex Care Journeys: How Technology Can Bridge the Gaps
Outcomes Research in Review
Geriatric-Centered Interdisciplinary Care Pathway Reduces Delirium in Hospitalized Older Adults With Traumatic Injury
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VA foster program helps older vets manage COVID challenges
Medical foster homes are privately owned homes in which a licensed caregiver lives with and supervises residents around the clock.
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Aging HIV patients face comorbidities and hospitalizations
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Study links sleep and objective, subjective cognition
Poor sleep efficiency may contribute to older adults overestimating their cognitive abilities, pointing to the need for objective cognitive...
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To predict mortality, you need a leg to stand on
It’s riskier for survival to not complete the 10-second one-leg standing test than to have been diagnosed as having CAD, being hypertensive, or...
Conference Coverage
Survival for elderly breast cancer patients 25% after 4 years
The finding is based on an analysis of data between 2012 and 2016 from the SEER-Medicare database.
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Opioid use in the elderly a dementia risk factor?
Exposure to these drugs may be another modifiable risk factor for dementia.