Geriatrics
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Problem-Solving Therapy Eases Depression in Elderly
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Studies Take Aim at Groups at High Risk for Alzheimer's
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Letters
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Point/Counterpoint : Does Stroke Center Designation Improve Patient Outcomes?
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Reassure Dying Patients About Discontinuing Drugs
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Older Americans Are Underserved by Preventive Services
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Alzheimer's Pathology May Appear 20 Years Before Symptoms
Major Finding: Carriers of autosomal-dominant mutations for Alzheimer’s disease show signs of cognitive decline 10 years before the expected age...
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Elderly Stroke Patients Show Unique Pattern of Long-Term Comorbidities
Major Finding: Five years after a stroke, patients 65 years or older had a cumulative 10% rate of hospitalization for hip fracture and a 20% rate...
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Stroke Survivors Likely to Develop Medical Comorbidities
Major Finding: Stroke survivors had significantly greater odds for developing memory deficit (OR, 2.4), urinary incontinence (OR, 1.64), and motor...