Geriatrics News

• Insys Founder Kapoor Sentenced to 66 Months in Prison for Opioid Scheme
  Reuters Health Information, January 23, 2020
• Urine Collection Cups to Get Red-Carpet Treatment at Oscars Hollywood bigwigs are going to receive a urine collection device at the Academy Awards. But physicians think the device needs more research prior to widespread adoption.
  Medscape Medical News, January 23, 2020
• Precise Restoration of Distal Radius Fracture Doesn't Improve Outcomes The precise anatomic restoration of distal radius fractures (DRF) is not associated with improved patient outcomes in older adults, according to data from the WRIST clinical trial.
  Reuters Health Information, January 22, 2020
• Electroacupuncture Effective for Stress UI Regardless of Age Electroacupuncture (EA) is equally effective for treating stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in elderly and non-elderly women, according to a new analysis of clinical-trial data.
  Reuters Health Information, January 21, 2020
• Women Have Steeper, Earlier BP Increases Over Lifetime The findings could have implications regarding different strategies for managing hypertension in women compared to men, the study authors suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, January 20, 2020
• Coconut Oil Consumption Linked to Increased LDL The high saturated fat content of coconut oil could be driving adverse cholesterol changes, authors of a new review of published studies suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, January 20, 2020
• Doc Guilty in 'Heinous' Fraud Case Involving False Diagnoses Jorge Zamora-Quezada, MD, falsely diagnosed patients has having rheumatoid arthritis, treated them with toxic drugs, and falsified medical records to mislead a federal investigation.
  Medscape Medical News, January 16, 2020
• New Head Injury Data Reinforce Restricted Antipsychotic Use New data on head injury support evidence-based guidance to restrict antipsychotic use in patients with dementia to those with the most severe neuropsychiatric symptoms, and for a short, limited time.
  Medscape Medical News, January 16, 2020
• Flu Shot a Mismatch for Main Strain, Season Far From Over: CDC Influenza season is still in full swing and children are especially hard hit, in part as a result of a vaccine that is poorly matched to the currently predominant strain.
  Medscape Medical News, January 15, 2020
• Repair of Proximal Humerus Fracture Linked to Worse Outcomes in Elderly Higher rates of surgery for proximal humerus fracture among Medicare beneficiaries are associated with increased costs, adverse events, and mortality, according to new findings in JAMA Network Open.
  Reuters Health Information, January 15, 2020
• Chemicals in Tap Water Linked to Bladder Cancer Up to 5% of bladder cancer cases in Europe could be due to exposure to disinfectants in drinking water, say researchers, who calculate that lowering levels could almost halve that number.
  Medscape Medical News, January 15, 2020
• Worse Functional Outcomes After Stroke Linked to Smoking
  Reuters Health Information, January 14, 2020
• AAAP 2019Buprenorphine Safer for OUD, Chronic Pain in the Elderly? For older individuals with opioid use disorder resulting from treatment of chronic pain, buprenorphine may be a safer pain management alternative, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, January 14, 2020
• Mortality Rate Lower in Older People Who Engage With Arts Older people who frequent art galleries and museums, attend the theater and concerts may live longer than those who don't, a study in England suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, January 10, 2020
• Intracranial Atherosclerosis Not Linked to Amyloid Although previous studies have linked vascular risk to Alzheimer's, the current results suggest dementia risk may not be mediated entirely by intracranial atherosclerosis, the authors say.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2020
• Most Docs Happy in Life, but Millennials Want Better Pay & Hours A Medscape survey also finds that most physicians of all ages are largely happy outside work. Rheumatologists and general surgeons were the happiest with their home life.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2020
• Rural Elderly Discharged to Post-Acute Care Have Higher Mortality Than Urban Peers Rural seniors hospitalized for certain life-threatening conditions are more likely than city-dwelling peers to die within a month of being discharged and sent to an aftercare facility, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, January 08, 2020
• DNA Risk Markers Not Very Good for Predicting Disease Many people worry about inheriting health problems from their parents, but a new approach to analyzing genetic contributions to disease risk suggests that for most diseases, commercial DNA tests are not the best way to assess the odds.
  Reuters Health Information, January 08, 2020
• An Ongoing Cover-Up: Docs With Tattoos and Body Piercings As tattoos and piercings become increasingly common, institutions are being forced to rethink their policies. Where is the line between allowing individual expression and requiring professionalism?
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2020
• New Guideline for Testosterone Treatment in Men With 'Low T' A clinical guideline from the American College of Physicians advises that clinicians should initiate testosterone treatment in men with age-related low testosterone only to manage sexual dysfunction.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2020