After a Broken Hip, Only 6 Percent Get the Drug That Could Save Them
A new cohort study finds that only 6 percent of treatment-naive patients hospitalized with non-traumatic fractures receive antifracture medications, yet ...
Tag: geriatrics
Common Sedative Emerges as Strongest Shield Against Postoperative Delirium in Older Surgery Patients
A network meta-analysis of randomized trials finds dexmedetomidine has the strongest evidence base for preventing postoperative delirium in older adults ...
Kidney Damage, Not Blood Sugar Alone, Drives Hospital Stays in Oldest Diabetes Patients
A Swedish population-based study of adults aged 75 and older with type 2 diabetes finds that advanced chronic kidney disease ...
Frailty Predicts Poor Quality of Life a Year After Brain Injury in Older Adults
A TRACK-TBI analysis of 358 older adults shows that a disease-specific frailty index measured at hospital presentation independently predicts worse ...
How Walking Efficiency May Shape Urinary Symptoms in Older Adults
A new analysis of 629 older adults in the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging links the energetic cost of ...
Blood NAD+ Levels Track With Frailty in Older Adults, Japanese Study Finds
A cross-sectional study of 529 community-dwelling older adults in Tokyo found that lower whole-blood NAD+ concentrations were associated with higher ...
Ketofol May Steady Blood Pressure During ERCP Sedation in Older Adults, Retrospective Study Finds
A retrospective cohort study of 150 older adults undergoing ERCP found that nearly one in three experienced hemodynamic instability during ...
Why Promising Active Ageing Programs Fail in the Real World: New Evidence Reveals a Reporting Gap
An overview of systematic reviews finds that multi-component interventions to promote active ageing in older adults are undermined by inconsistent ...
Cognitive Frailty in Rural Elders May Be Reversible, Landmark Cohort Study Finds
A prospective cohort study of 3,243 rural Chinese older adults using multi-state Markov models shows that early cognitive frailty is ...
Ancient Stoic Endurance Meets Modern Science: A New Chinese Scale for Older Adults with Knee Arthritis
Researchers have translated and validated the Pathak-Wieten Stoicism Ideology Scale for Chinese older adults with knee osteoarthritis, showing strong reliability ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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