WASHINGTON, DC — The chronic, excessive fragility of aging and sun-damaged skin has a name in the medical literature: dermatoporosis. This identification is helpful because it...
New research supports current guidelines cautioning against long-term use of benzodiazepines. The study of more than 5000 older adults found that benzodiazepine use was associated with...
New Delhi: Lifting heavy weights on a regular basis — about three times per week — when nearing retirement age can significantly maintain the strength in...
TOPLINE: Poor vision and contrast sensitivity at baseline increase the likelihood of incident dementia in older adults; a decline in contrast sensitivity over time also correlates...
Although elderly patients with dementia have similar rates of colonoscopy-related complications as patients without dementia, they have higher rates of other non-procedural complications, according to a...
New Delhi: Chronic pain among older adults could be better addressed through emotional awareness and expression therapy (EAET), a fairly new form of psychotherapy, according to...
New Delhi: Chronic pain among older adults could be better addressed through emotional awareness and expression therapy (EAET), a fairly new form of psychotherapy, according to...
A first-in-class antibiotic zoliflodacin is non-inferior to standard of care (SOC) in the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea and also shows activity against resistant forms of the...
The study investigated and established the dietary nutrient deficiency patterns in older adults with hypertension, identified potential predictors of dietary nutrients deficiencies, and analyzed the impact...
TOPLINE: Some vulnerable older patients with untreated metastatic pancreatic cancer can benefit from chemotherapy, but only if they can tolerate enough cycles of treatment, according to...
Antimony (Sb) has been identified as a novel neurotoxin that affects neurocognition in previous animal studies. However, there is limited research on the...
TOPLINE: Patients older than 75 years who undergo cataract surgery report more frequent failure of the ocular surface after the procedure than those younger than 65...