Geriatrics News

• AI Could Improve Healthcare for All -- Unless it Doesn't AI-driven medical tools could democratize health care, but some worry they could also worsen inequalities.
  Undark, September 2019
• For the Uniformed Public Health Service, Existential Questions Abound The Commissioned Corps of the US Public Health Service is steeped in history, and nagged by charges of bloat, inertia, and redundancy. Is that fair?
  Undark, September 2019
• USPSTF Finds Evidence Insufficient for Routine MCI Screening Should asymptomatic older adults be screened for incipient dementia? No, according to this draft recommendation released by the USPSTF.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2019
• Older Patients Don't See Diabetes Recommendations Same Way Doctors Do Doctors' advice for starting or stopping diabetes medicines often doesn't resonate with older patients, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2019
• ED Docs Can Identify Patients Likely to Die Within 1 Month Emergency department physicians can identify individuals who might benefit from palliative care when asked one question.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2019
• More Evidence Screening Mammograms Not Needed for Many Older Women Screening mammograms don't benefit women aged 75 and older with chronic health problems who are likely to die of causes other than breast cancer, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2019
• ECNP 2019Esketamine Nasal Spray May Rapidly Reduce Suicidal Thoughts Patients with depression who are at imminent risk for suicide may experience rapid benefit from esketamine nasal spray while waiting for antidepressant therapy to take effect, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2019
• New GABA Modulator Promising in Depression Most antidepressants target monoaminergic neurotransmitters. A novel GABA modulator may open a new range of therapeutic possibilities for patients with major depression.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2019
• Alternatives for Bladder Cancer Tx During Ongoing BCG Shortage Experts in Brazil have come up with alternative strategies to treat early bladder cancer when the cornerstone of that treatment, BCG, is largely unavailable.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2019
• Medicare Advantage Home Healthcare May Not Be Best Quality Older Americans who get home healthcare through traditional Medicare plans may have access to better quality services than their counterparts who enroll in private plans known as Medicare Advantage, a U.S. study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2019
• AAN, AHS Release New Guidelines on Pediatric Migraine More evidence for using triptans alone or with NSAIDs for acute migraine and using a more holistic approach to prevention are highlights of pediatric guidelines updated for the first time since 2004.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2019
• Soft Drinks Once Again Associated With Premature Death Soft drinks, both sugar- and artificially sweetened, linked again to increased mortality in large European study; researchers say this is further evidence supporting public health campaigns to limit intake.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2019
• Bayer Hires Former J&J Executive for More Pharma Deals Bayer said it hired Johnson & Johnson executive Marianne De Backer to manage acquisitions and licensing deals at its drugs unit, as the German drugmaker turns to outside sources to boost its development pipeline.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2019
• Real-World Data Favor Doublets in Esophageal/Gastric Cancer Real-world data favor use of doublet chemotherapy for metastatic esophageal and gastric cancer over triplet regimens and especially over monotherapy.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2019
• HIV: Underlying Infection Still Drives Deaths in US Life expectancy for US adults infected with HIV has risen dramatically since the early 1980s, but patients are still dying from HIV-related causes rather than age-related conditions.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2019
• VA/DoD Update of Suicide Prevention Guidelines Treatment recommendations for suicide prevention, based on a new systematic review, include cognitive-behavioral therapy, short-term ketamine infusions, and lithium.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Hormone Therapy Doesn't Prevent Age-Related Muscle Loss in Women Postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy to compensate for estrogen decline did not lose less muscle than women not taking hormone supplements, a systematic review and meta-analysis found.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Amazon Rainforest Fires: Effects on Health, Weather The Amazon rainforest fires that have been blazing out of control in Brazil for weeks could have far-reaching effects on our health, experts warn.
  WebMD Health News, August 2019
• NFL Concussions Linked to Low Testosterone, Erectile Dysfunction Researchers make a strong play that multiple concussions in former football players are associated with a greater likelihood of lower testosterone levels and erectile dysfunction later in life.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019
• Hypertension in Midlife Linked to Brain Pathology in Seniors Even small increases in blood pressure during an individual's 30s and 40s are associated with white matter hyperintensities and lower brain volume in later life, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2019