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Green Tea Drinkers Show Less Disability With Age Elderly adults who regularly drink green tea may stay more agile and independent than their peers over time, a large study of Japanese adults suggests.
Reuters Health Information, February 7, 2012
Anxiety Therapy Doesn't Work as Well in Elderly Cognitive behavioral therapy appears to help older adults battle anxiety disorders slightly better than other approaches, but not as well as in younger adults.
Reuters Health Information, February 6, 2012

The Very Old May Feel Helpless, but Not Depressed
Reuters Health Information, February 2, 2012
Aging America Creates Demand for Health-Care Workers
Reuters Health Information, February 2, 2012
Vision and Hearing Loss in Older Adults May Coexist
Medscape Medical News, February 1, 2012
Japan Population Seen Falling 30% by 2060
Reuters Health Information, February 1, 2012

Geriatrics Perspectives

Antipsychotics, Dementia, and Mortality Risk Dr. Leslie Citrome reviews a study comparing antipsychotic mortality risk in patients with dementia.
Medscape Psychiatry, February 1, 2012
Cardiac Auscultation in the Older Adult This contribution to the geriatric assessment series leads the clinician through the steps of cardiac auscultation in the older adult.
Medscape Family Medicine, January 18, 2012

Nursing Care for the Aged: Can Students Handle It?
Medscape Nurses, January 3, 2012
Digoxin: Watch for Toxicity in Your Afib Patients!
Medscape Cardiology, December 9, 2011
Does Surgical Care Vary at the End of Life?
Medscape General Surgery, December 7, 2011
How Should I Evaluate Weight Loss in the Elderly?
Medscape Nurses, December 5, 2011

Journals

Dendritic Cells and Aging: Consequences for Autoimmunity
Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, February 5, 2012
Prophylactic ICD Treatment in the Elderly
Europace, February 2, 2012
Candidacy for Kidney Transplantation of Older Adults
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, February 1, 2012
Determinants of Fracture Risk in Older Women
Age and Ageing, January 31, 2012
A Hospitalist-run Acute Care for the Elderly Service
Journal of Hospital Medicine, January 30, 2012

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