Exercise Intensity Seems Not to Impact Mortality Levels
FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Combined moderate- and high-intensity training has...
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Geriatrics
Type of Anesthesia Not Linked to Dementia Risk in Older Adults
FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Elective surgery using general anesthesia (GA) is...
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T2DM Links to Risk for Dementia Differ by Type, Glycemic Control
FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are more likely...
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Lifetime Prevalence of Suicide Ideation 17.4 Percent Among Doctors
THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The lifetime prevalence of suicide ideation (SI)...
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Some Patients Have Increase in Cardiac Events With Azithromycin
THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Patients using QT-prolonging drugs have an...
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Poll: Medication Management Lacking in Older Adults
THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The majority of older adults who take multiple...
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Many Older Gun Owners Fail to Consider Future Ownership Transfer
TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Half of older gun owners have a plan for...
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Routine Preop Stress Testing Down in Hip, Knee Arthroplasty
TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — From 2006 to 2017, the frequency of preoperative...
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Hydroxychloroquine Not Beneficial for SARS-CoV-2 Preexposure Prophylaxis
TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Hydroxychloroquine administered for eight weeks as...
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Dentists’ Rx for Opioids Pose Danger for Drug Interactions
MONDAY, Oct. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Opioids prescribed by dentists may pose a threat for...
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Adjuvant Radiotherapy No Better for Localized Prostate Cancer
MONDAY, Oct. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Adjuvant radiotherapy does not improve event-free...
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Daily Aspirin May Up Growth, Spread of Cancers in Older Adults
MONDAY, Oct. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A daily, low dose of aspirin may increase the risk...
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Outcomes Worse for Deferred Aortic Valve Replacement
FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients with symptomatic severe aortic...
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Older Adults Likely to Be Excluded From COVID-19 Trials
FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Older adults are likely to be excluded from many...
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Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Tied to Threefold Higher Risk for Death
FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There is a threefold higher risk for dying of breast...
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September 2020 Briefing – Geriatrics
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in...
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In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Common in Critically Ill With COVID-19
THURSDAY, Oct. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For critically ill patients with COVID-19,...
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Skip the Low-Dose Aspirin for Sepsis Prevention
’Pioneering’ post-hoc analysis suggests that aspirin does not prevent sepsis-related...
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COVID-19-Related Hospital Death Up With Psychiatric Diagnosis
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Patients with any prior psychiatric diagnosis...
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Hospital Admissions Not Related to COVID-19 Fell in Early 2020
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Non-COVID-19 hospital admissions decreased...
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