Saracatinib, a drug originally developed as a cancer treatment, is now being tested in a phase IIa trial of patients with Alzheimer’s disease after ... More »
SAN DIEGO – Elevated leptin may play a role in the relationship between excess adiposity and depressive symptoms in older adults, judging from the r... More »
Pulse pressure and neurodegeneration in relation to the onset of dementia seem to be associated, according to Daniel A. Nation, Ph.D., and his associa... More »
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SAN DIEGO – Patients aged 80 years and older benefit from more invasive early treatment after non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction or unstable ang... More »
Giving bone-strengthening medication routinely to all elderly women who sustain a wrist fracture would reduce subsequent hip fractures by about a quar... More »
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ new guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of hip fractures in elderly patients targets problem area... More »
The 13-valent polysaccharide conjugate vaccine showed “significant efficacy” against vaccine-type strains of community-acquired pneumonia and vacc... More »
Antipsychotics such as haloperidol and risperidone are associated with a significant and dose-related increase in mortality in elderly patients with d... More »
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. – Modifying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s outpatient fall prevention program STEADI for inpatient use di... More »
