Short-Course Apalutamide to Reduce Active Surveillance Attrition in Prostate Cancer Editorialists question whether any intervention violates principles of surveillance Jan 17, 2023
Higher BMI May Blunt Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation In VITAL study, lower increases in total 25-OHD levels seen for those with greater body weight Jan 17, 2023
Alzheimer's Disease Detected in Blood a Decade Before Clinical Symptoms GFAP levels change before tau, neurodegeneration biomarkers Jan 11, 2023
Food Insecurity Among Older Adults Remains a Problem Two-item screening tool can help clinicians find out whether patients are food-insecure Jan 10, 2023
Dementia Tied to Hearing Loss Likelihood of developing dementia was lower for older adults who used hearing aids Jan 10, 2023
Optimizing Treatment for Older Patients With HR+ Low-Risk Breast Cancer Five days of radiotherapy, five years of hormonal therapy, or somewhere in between? Jan 05, 2023
Earlier Health Conditions Tied to Subsequent Dementia Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia links are time-dependent Jan 05, 2023
Why Doesn't Exercise Help Everyone With Knee OA? Actually, the better question is why can't everyone do the recommended exercises Jan 04, 2023
Novel Blood Test Detects Alzheimer's Neurodegeneration Brain-derived tau distinguished Alzheimer's from other dementias Dec 30, 2022
Epilepsy Drugs May Up Risk of Parkinson's Strongest association seen for sodium valproate Dec 27, 2022
Metformin Protective Against Joint Replacement in Type 2 Diabetes Daily users saw lower risks for total knee, hip replacements Dec 19, 2022
Parkinson's Incidence 50% Higher Than Previously Thought Clusters of Parkinson's disease cases seen in certain U.S. regions Dec 15, 2022
Physical and Occupational Therapy Are on the Medicare Chopping Block Cuts could be devastating to patient care if Congress doesn't take action Dec 12, 2022
Brain Vitamin D Tied to Cognitive Function No links seen with Alzheimer's or dementia pathology, however Dec 08, 2022
Should Doctors Warn Patients About the Downsides of Medicare Advantage Plans? Beneficiaries may not be aware of the plans' limited networks or prior authorization rules Dec 08, 2022
Can Just Minutes of Daily Activity Prolong Life? Benefits included all-cause, heart, and cancer-related mortality risk reduction Dec 08, 2022
Use It, or Lose It: Hearing Aids Linked to Cognitive Benefit Treating hearing loss makes a difference, meta-analysis suggests Dec 05, 2022
Aging U.S. Population a Challenge for Oncologists Older patients will have different care goals, preferences, geriatric oncologist says Dec 05, 2022
Brain Iron Chelation Linked With Worse Outcomes in Early Parkinson's Findings raise caution about iron chelation in neurodegenerative disorders Dec 02, 2022
Doc Discipline Lenient, Secretive; Patient Data Lawsuits; Dubious Hospice Referrals This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 30, 2022
Second Trial Participant Dies in Alzheimer's Drug Study "All eyes are on lecanemab," a closely watched anti-amyloid treatment Nov 28, 2022
Watch for Severe Hypocalcemia in Dialysis Patients on Prolia, FDA Warns Agency said potential risk may require more frequent blood calcium monitoring Nov 22, 2022
Low-Dose Morphine Not Helpful for COPD Patients With Chronic Dyspnea More research needed to distinguish physiological from behavioral effects of dyspnea Nov 22, 2022
Dementia Risk Score Touts 'Nearly 100%' Predictive Accuracy But some experts are skeptical of novel clinical tool Nov 21, 2022
Bone Drug Reverses Damage in Hand Osteoarthritis Provocative findings with denosumab, but don't reach for the prescription pad just yet Nov 15, 2022
Twelve-Month Data Back Pegloticase-Methotrexate Gout Combo More support for add-on methotrexate to maintain protein drug's efficacy Nov 13, 2022
Want a Few Weeks of Knee Pain Relief? Try This Local nerve block proves mettle in randomized trial, though benefit didn't last long Nov 12, 2022
Cognitive Function at Older Ages Linked to Childhood Lead Exposure Consequences of early lead exposure may be felt most in the decades ahead Nov 10, 2022
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
Doctor, Drug Rep Plead Guilty in Nuedexta Drama Fallout continues for drug pushed on elderly patients who may have been harmed Nov 03, 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
Dementia Strikes One in Ten Americans Over 65 Even more have mild cognitive impairment, new estimates show Oct 24, 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
1 in 7 Community-Living Seniors Die in the Year After Major Surgery Risk fourfold higher for those with probable dementia Oct 19, 2022
