Geriatrics
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Indefinite anticoagulation likely not cost effective after unprovoked VTE
Pros, cons, and lack of cost-effectiveness warrant shared decision-making based on preferences and values.
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No link between heartburn meds and dementia
A study of older adults found no significant association between proton pump inhibitors or histamine-2 receptor antagonist use and dementia or...
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Women with atrial fibrillation more likely to develop dementia
Authors say cognitive screening should be part of yearly visits for men and women with AF; early rhythm control and anticoagulation are also key...
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SSRI improves cognition, major depression in early dementia
Improvements in depressive symptoms were irrespective of dementia type.
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A ‘one-stop shop’: New guidance on hormones and aging
Part of what we need to do is [provide] the evidence that we have, which includes evidence of when not to prescribe as well as [when] to prescribe...
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Altered gut bacteria a biomarker of preclinical Alzheimer’s?
It’s not known whether the gut is influencing the brain, or the brain is influencing the gut, “but this association is valuable to know in either...
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‘Deprescribing’: Should some older adults shed their meds?
“The clinical inertia, or maintaining the status quo, unfortunately is a lot of times easier than having time-intensive conversations.”
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Is the WHO’s ‘active aging’ the only healthy alternative?
“The WHO’s proposal of active aging is a prescriptive, standardized ideology that seems to suggest that being active is the only healthy way to...
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Muscle fat: A new risk factor for cognitive decline?
“Increasing adiposity – or fat deposition – in skeletal muscles predicted faster cognitive decline, irrespective of demographics or other disease...
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Blood biomarker may help predict who will develop Alzheimer’s
At this point, the biomarker is a research tool, but its application in clinical practice “is not very far away.”