As the director of the Visceral Inflammation and Pain Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, psychiatrist Eva Szigethy has been instru... More »
Among elderly adults with limited mobility, even very short periods of light daily exercise might significantly cut 10-year risk of heart attack or co... More »
The aging process is highly individualistic and complex, even when many confounding factors are removed, according to Ross D. Pollock, Ph.D., and his ... More »
The 2015 adult immunization schedule is similar to last year’s schedule, with one major change, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Pre... More »
Although rates of complications following pancreatectomy are relatively similar in patients both above and below the age of 80 years, significantly hi... More »
Patients with advanced dementia should have increased access to comprehensive care wherever they live, including the facilities in which they spend th... More »
PHOENIX – Adding a protocol of bundled nonpharmacologic interventions to the currently recommended standard of care nearly halved the amount of time... More »
Most older patients with diabetes who had complex or poor health status and limited life expectancy were still given insulin or sulfonylureas to achie... More »
CHICAGO – Patients with atrial fibrillation who frequently have a supratherapeutic international normalized ratio are at sharply increased risk for ... More »
PHILADELPHIA – Leuprolide acetate, in combination with an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, helped to preserve cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease patients in an exploratory study.
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