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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

Older Adults Can Regain Well-Being

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Almost one in four older adults with less-than-optimal well-being at baseline regained well-being over approximately three years

Physical Frailty May Contribute to Risk for Dementia Development

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Potential causal relationship seen between physical frailty and dementia in forward MR analysis, but null association seen in reverse MR

Population Aging Contributes to Burden of Musculoskeletal Disorders

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Population aging is largest contributor for about one-third of countries, territories

Lung Cancer Screening Beneficial to Age 80 for Candidates Fit for Surgery

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In patients treated with surgery, survival rates were comparable for those aged 75 to 80 years and for younger patients

Potentially Inappropriate Medications Linked to Frailty at Cancer Diagnosis

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Each additional Geriatric Oncology-PIM linked to 66 percent increase in odds of being mildly, moderate-to-severely frail at diagnosis

Voice-Based AI Enables Collection of BP Measurements at Home

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Intervention resulted in a 17 percent absolute improvement in closing BP gaps, increased MA Star performance

RSV Vaccine Prevents RSV-Linked Hospitalization Among Older Adults Over Two Seasons

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Estimated vaccine effectiveness was significantly lower for immunocompromised adults and those with CVD

Hurricane Sandy Tied to Higher Heart Disease Risk

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Five years after landfall, 5 percent increased risk seen in elderly residents

Dementia Odds Significantly Increase With More Psychiatric Comorbidities

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Highest posterior probabilities seen with mood and anxiety disorder co-occurrence