Tag: Seniors
Older Adults With Food Insecurity Face Faster Decline in Executive Function
No association seen for changes in immediate or delayed memory
Electronic Reminders Boost Flu Vaccine Uptake in Older Adults
Letters highlighting potential cardiovascular benefits of influenza vaccination found to be particularly effective
Living Near Fracking Tied to Increase in Hospitalizations in Seniors
Older adults who lived near fracking sites had excess hospitalizations for cardiovascular diseases
Older Men Have Higher Rates of Skull Fractures Than Women
Findings seen for emergency department visits for blunt head trauma, mostly due to falls
New Model Predicts Two-Year Risk for Fall Injuries in Nursing Home Residents
Clinical tool includes five characteristics, including activities of daily living and history of nonhip fracture
Yoga May Improve Markers of Frailty in Older Adults
Some clinically meaningful improvements seen compared with education or inactive control
More Steps Reduce Risk for New Cardiovascular Events in Older Adults
500 more daily steps associated with 14 percent lower risk for cardiovascular disease event over 3.5 years
Antidepressant Augmentation Examined in Seniors With Depression
Improvement in well-being and remission seen with aripiprazole-augmentation of existing antidepressants
FDA Panel Backs Second RSV Vaccine for Older Americans
In two-part vote, panel voted 10 to 2 in favor of the vaccine's safety and unanimously on the shot's effectiveness
FDA Panel Backs Pfizer RSV Vaccine for Older Americans
Pfizer has reported that its vaccine would reduce risk from RSV by as much as 86 percent
