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Delirium, a sudden disturbance in attention, awareness and thinking, remains one of the most dangerous complications faced by older adults in intensive care. It can...

Falls among older adults often begin with changes too subtle to be noticed during an ordinary walk. A person may still appear steady while moving...

As populations age, scientists are looking more closely at a hidden biological process that may help explain why some older adults remain mobile and independent...

Chronic pain is often treated as a medical problem that can be measured with scales, prescriptions, and clinical guidelines. For older adults, however, the experience...

Bentham Science Launches Two New Journals to Accelerate Research in Wireless Communications and Engineering Bentham Science Publishers has announced the launch of two new peer-reviewed...

Long-term care residents moving from a nursing facility to an emergency department enter one of the most complex transitions in modern healthcare. The journey may...

Cancer-associated cachexia, the wasting syndrome that erodes muscle, fat and physical resilience in many people with advanced cancer, has long resisted treatment. Now, researchers at...

A common complication of early birth is being thrust into a medical debate that reaches far beyond the neonatal intensive-care unit: how low is too...

A new study from Japan is drawing attention to a deceptively simple question with major implications for healthy ageing: does eating a wider variety of...

Parkinson’s disease may leave a visible signature in the laboratory long before its most familiar symptoms become obvious. In a study published in npj Parkinson’s...

Depression in later life is often treated as a disorder of mood alone, yet a new study of Chinese older adults highlights how closely emotional...

The long shadow cast by COVID-19 is moving deeper into the territory of cardiovascular medicine. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial published in Nature Communications examines...

A new study describes a high-throughput strategy for engineering bispecific antibodies that could help macrophages destroy malignant B cells more efficiently, offering a potential new...

A new study is putting a high-tech “watchdog” inside one of additive manufacturing’s most promising processes. Researchers B.T. Weston, M.E. Zelinski, H.Z. Ammar and colleagues...

Wearable Sensors Could Turn Uric Acid Monitoring Into an Everyday Health Check Uric acid, a waste product formed when the body breaks down purines, may...