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For Medicare beneficiaries with mild cognitive impairment or dementia of uncertain etiology

Amyloid PET Linked to Changes in Management for MCI, Dementia

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Change in management between pre-, post-PET visits for 60.2 and 63.5 percent with MCI, dementia
About one in eight Americans borrowed a total of $88 billion in the past year to pay for health care

Americans Borrowed $88 Billion in Past Year to Pay for Health Care

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Many do not seek treatment for health issues due to cost or reduce spending to pay for health care

March 2019 Briefing – Geriatrics

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Geriatrics for March 2019. This roundup includes the latest...
Higher consumption of certain vitamins and carotenoids is associated with a significantly decreased risk for age-related cataract in cohort studies

Vitamins, Carotenoids Associated With Lower Risk for Cataract

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However, strongest evidence comes from cohort studies, not randomized controlled trials
Practicing physicians might not understand their legal responsibilities when caring for people with disability

Doctors Unclear on Legal Obligations in Caring for Patients With Disability

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Doctors report having little formal training, have incorrect understanding of care for patients with disability
Higher disease activity

Patients With Worse RA Symptoms More Likely to Cut Alcohol Intake

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No evidence found that alcohol use has beneficial effect in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Physicians with one or more paid malpractice claims are more likely to leave practice or shift into smaller practice settings

Doctors With Malpractice Claims More Likely to Leave Medicine

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Physicians with five or more malpractice claims more than twice as likely to go into solo practice
Patients with type 2 diabetes are frailer than participants without diabetes

Frailty May Up Fracture Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

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Diabetes patients have higher frailty scores, which are tied to risk for incident fragility fractures
Additional transitional care services do not improve outcomes for heart failure patients discharged from the hospital

Adding Transition Services Does Not Aid Heart Failure Outcomes

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No differences observed in readmission, ED visits, death at three months compared with usual care
Higher levels of sex hormones

ENDO: Sex Hormone Levels Tied to Telomere Length in Older Men

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Estradiol independently linked to leucocyte telomere length in older men; SHBG inversely associated