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People 75 years old or older are less likely to receive pain medication in hospital emergency departments than people between the ages of 35 and 54, a new study shows.
And such differences were constant even after researchers took into account how much pain the patients were having, said lead study author Dr. Timothy Platts-Mills, an [...]
Several new studies show fecal microbiota transplants are an effective treatment for patients who have with recurring bouts of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea.
Clostridium difficile is a bacterium that causes infection and leads to diarrhea. It is most often related to antibiotic use during medical treatment. A major cause of illness and increasing health care costs [...]
A new mini transplant stem cell procedure has helped surgeons to discover that age alone should not be a defining factor for older patients with blood cancer who are candidates for the procedure.
That is what surgeons have concluded after conducting the first study of long-term outcomes from a series of clinical trials of patients 60 [...]
Discussing and documenting patients’ preferences for care at the end of life does not cause them any harm, according to a new study.
Researchers found that patients who talk with their physicians about end-of-life care and have an advance directive in their medical record have similar survival rates as patients who do not have these discussions [...]
Men who have a prostate biopsy are more than twice as likely to need hospitalization in the immediate post-procedure period due to complications, according to a new study.
The researchers found that this common outpatient procedure, used to diagnose prostate cancer, was associated with a 6.9 percent rate of hospitalization within 30 days of biopsy compared [...]
Almost one in five nursing home residents with advanced dementia experiences burdensome transitions in the last 90 days of life, according to a new study.
These burdensome transitions include moving to a different facility in the last three days of life or repeat hospitalizations for expected complications of dementia in the last 90 days of life.
“Such [...]
A third of adults over age 65 fall once a year, and new research suggests part of the reason may be they are not compensating for diminished eyesight.
Visual information helps us to coordinate our movements so that we can successfully navigate our surroundings. In fall-prone older adults, however, the ability to collect visual information is [...]
As many as three-quarters of the estimated 36 million people worldwide living with dementia have not been diagnosed and hence cannot benefit from treatment, information and care, according to a new report from Alzheimer’s Disease International.
The World Alzheimer Report 2011, released by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), shows that there are interventions that are effective in [...]
Changes in cognitive abilities appear to be stronger predictors than biomarkers of whether an individual with mild cognitive impairment will develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study.
Biomarkers such as changes in brain volume or in cerebrospinal fluid levels of some proteins have helped scientists learn about how Alzheimer’s disease develops and whether treatments for [...]
Older women with sleep-disordered breathing are more likely to develop cognitive impairment or dementia, according to a new study.
This link between sleep-disordered breathing and an increased risk of cognitive impairment opens up new avenues for research that has a large public impact, the authors say.
“Given the high prevalence and significant morbidity associated with both sleep-disordered [...]
