No proven health impact of free primary care from age 85 in Sweden
Introducing copayment elimination in primary care in Sweden for the over-85s has not caused a rise in the number of health care visits. In terms of achieving the intended […]
Introducing copayment elimination in primary care in Sweden for the over-85s has not caused a rise in the number of health care visits. In terms of achieving the intended […]
About 1 in 10 seniors who live in cities reported that they use public transportation, and 20 percent of older transit users said they relied on trains and […]
People with dementia are likely to have taken more than three medications for other health conditions in the five years directly before their diagnosis, according to new research. […]
Could taking a daily multivitamin help maintain cognitive health with aging and possibly prevent cognitive decline? According to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, conducted in collaboration […]
Older people who were infected with COVID-19 show a substantially higher risk—as much as 50% to 80% higher than a control group—of developing Alzheimer’s disease within a year, […]
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major risk factor for stroke, and for decades the anticoagulant warfarin was the standard treatment for lowering that hazard. However, numerous drug and […]
Anticholinergics, a class of drugs frequently prescribed for depression, urinary incontinence and many other conditions common in older adults, affect the brain by blocking acetylcholine, a nervous system […]
Older adults with untreated sight conditions may be at increased risk of dementia, according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis of 16 studies involving 76,373 participants. The […]
Later-born generations of older adults in the United States are more likely to have a greater number of chronic health conditions than the generations that preceded them, according […]
Despite guidelines that call for early and aggressive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, a new study suggests many older adults are not prescribed disease-modifying medications for their inflammatory autoimmune […]
Medicines are the most common treatments used in healthcare, especially for older people. But when they’re not used correctly, they can cause serious and sometimes fatal outcomes. Now, new […]
Hearing loss due to aging, noise and certain cancer therapy drugs and antibiotics has been irreversible because scientists have not been able to reprogram existing cells to develop […]
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