Tag: older adults

A new study found that nearly two-thirds of older adults with type 2 diabetes are prescribed at least one potentially ...

A large Medicare analysis finds that heart failure patients who begin cardiac rehabilitation within 180 days of hospital discharge face ...

A new analysis of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey links combined body mass index and waist circumference categories to ...

A new meta-analysis of nine randomized controlled trials suggests multicomponent exercise combined with nutritional intervention may modestly improve cognition and ...

A new clustering analysis of 775 Medicaid home- and community-based services users in Minnesota finds four distinct consumer groups but ...

A study of 410 Hong Kong adults aged 60 to 80 found that perceived social cohesion, aesthetics, safety and walkability ...

A five-year Japanese cohort study found that older adults with severe sagittal imbalance, measured as a sagittal vertical axis above ...

A retrospective study of 184 tuberculosis patients over 70 found that fluoroquinolone-containing regimens outperformed the standard pyrazinamide-based therapy in both ...

A nationwide survey of 4,120 older adults in China finds that family communication, household structure, and community ties are associated ...

A pilot study found that pairing cognitive training with active right-prefrontal tDCS selectively improved non-verbal reasoning and associative fluency in ...

Cognitive frailty is one of geriatric medicine's most tantalizing targets: a condition in which older adults live with both physical ...

A narrative review finds Saudi Arabia lacks validated tools, national guidelines, and pharmacist authority for deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications in ...

A cluster-randomized trial in Ontario social housing found the CP@clinic community paramedicine program reduced hospital admissions during and after the ...

A cross-sectional study of 319 adults aged 60 to 97 finds that lower-limb muscle power declines with age far more ...

A new study of 468 community-dwelling older adults finds that probable sarcopenia and depressive symptoms independently increase dysphagia risk while ...

Dehydration is one of the most common and most dangerous conditions affecting older adults who are admitted to the hospital, ...

A new PLOS Global Public Health analysis of eight years of data from Lyon's Immuniser Lyon initiative finds that local ...

A new smartphone-based study of 123 cognitively healthy older adults finds that momentary stress spikes speed up processing speed early ...

A network meta-analysis of 61 randomized controlled trials reveals that elastic band resistance training is the most effective modality for ...

A large study of older Mexican adults links frequent nighttime awakenings and unrefreshing sleep to heart disease, with machine learning ...