Incontinence After Hip Fracture in Older Men Predicts Death Within a Year, Study Finds
A Finnish cohort study of 644 older men with hip fracture found that pre-fracture fecal incontinence independently predicted one-year mortality, ...
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When Guidelines Collide, Doctors Must Choose: Prioritisation Is a Treatment in Its Own Right
A new Perspective in the Journal of General Internal Medicine argues that deciding which guidelines to follow first, defer, or ...
Midazolam Alone Often Fails in End-of-Life Sedation, French Cohort Reveals
A French cohort study of 287 palliative care patients found that midazolam monotherapy failed in nearly three quarters of continuous ...
What Makes Families Open to Cutting Medications in Nursing Homes? It’s the Drugs, Not the Demographics
A survey of 973 South Korean family caregivers finds that attitudes toward deprescribing are shaped by residents' medication circumstances such ...
Surgery at 80 and Beyond: New Review Maps the Perioperative Roadmap for the Oldest Patients
A new narrative review in European Geriatric Medicine synthesizes the evidence on frailty, cardiac risk, nutrition, delirium, and rehabilitation to ...
Diabetes Drugs Often Continue Until Death in Dementia Patients, Landmark Study Finds
A landmark study of more than 16,500 people in the United Kingdom and Australia shows that glucose-lowering medications often persist ...
One in Three Older Hospital Patients Gets a Wrong Blood Thinner Dose, Study Finds
A French multicenter study of 421 hospitalized older adults found that 32 percent of direct oral anticoagulant prescriptions were inappropriate ...
Busier Pharmacies Become Hubs for the Sickest Homebound Patients, Study Finds
A Japanese cohort study of nearly 2,700 older adults shows that high-volume visiting pharmacies serve younger but far more medically ...
Simpler Drug Regimens May Shorten Emergency Department Stays for Vertigo Patients
A new observational study finds that emergency department patients with peripheral vertigo given three or more vertigo-specific drugs stayed roughly ...
Evidence Under Fire: New Debate Over How Medication Optimisation Tools Should Be Judged
A letter in European Geriatric Medicine argues that disputes over the STOPP/START criteria expose the need for transparent evidence-grading standards ...
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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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