Terminally Ill People in New Jersey Given Right to End Lives
New law allows adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live to get a prescription for life-ending pills
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Geriatrics
For frail elderly after heart attack, meds may prolong life but impact function
By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – – After a heart attack, frail older adults may...
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Mindfulness Yoga Aids Patients With Parkinson Disease
Effects similar to those of stretching and resistance training for motor dysfunction, mobility
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Older Adults With Hearing Loss Have Lower Patient Activation
Even those with ‘a little trouble’ hearing have higher risk for low activation than those with ‘no trouble’
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Few family caregivers get formal training
By Lisa Rapaport Less than one in 10 family caregivers receive training for assisting older adults...
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Electrical brain stimulation can boost memory function in older people
LONDON (Reuters) – Electrical brain stimulation using a non-invasive cap can help boost...
Read MoreCalifornia allows aid-in-dying drugs for terminally ill, but hospitals set barriers
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Since 2016, a California law has allowed terminally ill patients to obtain and use aid-in-dying medications from their doctors. But nearly two-thirds of California hospitals have...
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Older Patients With Crohn Disease May Benefit From Early Combo Tx
Early step-up combo therapy includes tumor necrosis factor-α antagonist plus an antimetabolite
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Seniors Less Likely to Receive or Have Timely PCI for Acute MI
Patients >65 years of age have increased incidence of cardiac arrest, in-hospital mortality
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New nursing home patients may wait to see a doctor
By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – – When Medicare patients are discharged from a...
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Frailty before surgery tied to more complications, higher costs
(The March 28 story was refiled to correct the source URL at end of the story) By Lisa Rapaport...
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Korian shares slump after food poisoning deaths in French nursing home
By Julie Rimbert LHERM, France (Reuters) – Shares in social healthcare provider Korian...
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March 2019 Briefing – Geriatrics
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Geriatrics for March 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as the FDA approvals and regulatory changes that are the most likely to affect clinical practice. Patients With Worse RA Symptoms More Likely to […]
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Examining the Link Between Gout & Myocardial Infarction in Older Adults
Myocardial infarction (MI) is the most common, acute manifestation of coronary artery disease...
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CVD Does Not Modify Depression-Mortality Link in Elderly
Depression tied to higher death risk in older adults; CVD explains just small fraction of excess mortality
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Bone Density, Sarcopenia, & Fracture Risk in Women
Women with both sarcopenia and low bone density appear to have a higher risk of fracture,...
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Prevalence of Anxiety, Depression Up for Adults With Arthritis
Age-standardized prevalences of anxiety, depression symptoms 22.5 and 12.1 percent with arthritis
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Emergency Department Care for Older Adults With Cancer
New research advocates for emergency departments to develop systems that will reduce unnecessary...
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Substituting Prescription Medications With Cannabis
In light of the current “opioid epidemic” in the United States, a dire need exists for...
Read MoreDepression may be more severe in elderly people
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Elderly people with major depressive disorder may be more likely to suffer severe and persistent symptoms than younger adults with the same mental health diagnosis, a Dutch study...
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