Tag: Seniors
Prevalence of Moderate or Greater Valvular Heart Disease 8.2 Percent
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
Higher physical activity linked to slower amyloid-related inferior temporal tau accumulation
Reducing Use of Sleep Drugs Helps Older Adults Live Better
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
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
Authors call for establishing standardized guidelines for eye protection
ASA: Deaths From Fentanyl + Stimulants Rising in Older Adults
Gap sharply narrowed between older and younger adults from 2015 to 2023
Seizure Risk Up for Seniors in Nursing Homes Prescribed Tramadol and Antidepressants
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
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
Older women from low-income neighborhoods more often have dementia than their male peers
Elderly Patients Benefit From Screening Mammography
Women 80 years and older with screening more likely to present with earlier-stage disease and have better survival versus unscreened women












