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Prevalence of Moderate or Greater Valvular Heart Disease 8.2 Percent

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When including mild-to-moderate VHD, overall prevalence is 18.4 percent, at least 10.6 million people

Physical Activity Linked to Slower Cognitive Decline in Seniors

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Higher physical activity linked to slower amyloid-related inferior temporal tau accumulation

Reducing Use of Sleep Drugs Helps Older Adults Live Better

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Benefits include reduction in falls and cognitive impairment and improvements in life expectancy, quality of life

Delirium Risk Increased for Seniors Prescribed First-Generation Antihistamines

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Odds of delirium up 41 percent for patients admitted to physicians in the highest versus lowest quartile of first-generation antihistamine prescribing

Pickleball-Related Eye Injuries Increased During 2021 to 2024

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Authors call for establishing standardized guidelines for eye protection

ASA: Deaths From Fentanyl + Stimulants Rising in Older Adults

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Gap sharply narrowed between older and younger adults from 2015 to 2023

Seizure Risk Up for Seniors in Nursing Homes Prescribed Tramadol and Antidepressants

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Risk for seizures increased with concomitant use of tramadol with CYP2D6-inhibiting versus neutral antidepressants

12.4 Percent of Older Adults Have Ultraprocessed Food Addiction

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Men and women reporting overweight, respectively, are 19.14 and 11.44 times more likely to meet criteria for UPF addiction

Late-Life TBI Linked to Incident Dementia, Health Care Needs

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Older women from low-income neighborhoods more often have dementia than their male peers

Elderly Patients Benefit From Screening Mammography

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Women 80 years and older with screening more likely to present with earlier-stage disease and have better survival versus unscreened women