Treatment urinary tract infections : Antibiotics better avoided in old patients Ruby khatun khatun5 Jun 2017 4:59 PM ISTIn a new research paper published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Thomas E. Finucane, MD, of the Johns Hopkins Geriatrics Center at...
Very long-term specific therapy for Osteoporosis rather detrimental Ruby khatun khatun5 Jun 2017 4:08 PM ISTOsteoporosis is a disease that causes thinning of the bones, loss of bone density, and increasingly fragile bones. This puts people at higher risk for...
Risk of long-term disability in older adults who visit the ED : Annals of Emergency Medicine supriya kashyap kashyap9 Jan 2017 1:42 PM ISTOlder adults who go to the emergency department (ED) for an illness or injury are at increased risk for disability and decline in physical abilities...
Dementia in older women tied to 20-year rate of weight loss supriya kashyap kashyap29 Dec 2016 9:56 AM ISTFor women surviving into late life, the rate of weight loss over 20 years is associated with development of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or...
Old people suffering from hip fracture may never recover: Study savita thakur thakur13 Sept 2016 1:24 PM ISTWashington: A recent observational study has shown that one in every two elderly people, who have suffered a hip fracture will never be as physically...
Hip fractures Study: Half of elderly patients unlikely to fully recover supriya kashyap kashyap8 Sept 2016 9:02 PM ISTOne in every two older persons who have suffered a hip fracture will never be as physically active and independent as they were before. The odds are...
Pathway signatures in lung and liver fibrosis and glaucoma may play a role in aging supriya kashyap kashyap1 Aug 2016 2:55 PM ISTBaltimore : Insilico Medicine, Inc in collaboration with scientists from Atlas Regeneration, Inc, Vision Genomics, Inc and Howard University published...
Inappropriate use of prescription drugs putting oldies at risk supriya kashyap kashyap19 July 2016 12:54 PM ISTA new study has found that many elderly people are risking their health by taking prescription medicines "inappropriately."The study from Belgium also...
Many elderly are prescribed anti-hypertensive medication despite having low blood pressure supriya kashyap kashyap6 July 2016 11:53 AM ISTAccording to a new study in the journal Age and Ageing, a significant proportion of patients over 70 remain on anti-hypertensive medication despite...
Global analysis finds unnecessary end-of-life treatment in hospitals is widespread supriya kashyap kashyap29 Jun 2016 12:58 PM ISTThe largest systematic review of the care of elderly patients hospitalised at the end of their life has found more than a third received invasive and...
Overuse of electronic gadgets triggers early ageing : Doctors supriya kashyap kashyap28 Jun 2016 3:07 PM ISTNew Delhi : Excessive use of electronic gadgets, including mobile phones and tablets, can cause "tech neck" that leads to early signs of ageing,...
Bad cholesterol not behind elderly deaths: Researchers supriya kashyap kashyap28 Jun 2016 2:12 PM ISTNew York : Older people with high levels of "bad" or low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C) cholesterol live as long, and often longer, than their peers with...
