Age a Factor in Patients Leaving Hospital Against Medical Advice
Race/ethnicity and poverty are more pronounced as risk factors for DAMA in elderly inpatients
Yoga Noninferior to Physical Therapy in Chronic Low Back Pain
Nearly half of yoga group saw clinically meaningful improvement in pain and disability
Guidelines Address Peri-Op Care in Rheumatic Disease
Guidelines address use of antirheumatic drugs for adults with RA, SpA, JIA, SLE undergoing THA/TKA
More Americans Using High-Doses of Vitamin D Supplementation
Study finds more people are taking doses higher than recommended daily allowance
Older Age Needn’t Be a Barrier to Herniated Disc Surgery
Seniors experience good outcomes after lumbar microdiscectomy, researchers report
Hydrotherapy Plus Conventional Drugs Beneficial in RA
Significant change in oxidative stress biomarkers and decrease in activities of antioxidant enzymes
VKA Monotherapy Linked to Reduced MI, Stroke Risk in A-Fib
Vitamin K antagonist + acetylsalicylic acid dual therapy associated with increased bleeding risk
18 Percent Increase Projected in Primary Care Demand by 2023
About half of increase in demand due to overall population growth, with aging also playing role
Risk Factors Explain Most Heart Failure Risk in Incident A-Fib
Four modifiable factors account for most of the population attributable risk of heart failure in women
Recreational Activity-Linked Facial Fractures Up in Seniors
From 2011 to 2015, 45.3 percent increase in annual incidence of facial fractures in older adults
