Tag: Seniors

In adult trials, White patients and women are overrepresented; White patients account for 77.9 percent of participants

56.4 percent aged 75 years and older using statin for secondary cardiovascular event prevention; 45.3 percent taking aspirin for primary prevention

Discontinuation of routine mammography recommended for breast cancer survivors when life expectancy is less than five years

Regression to normoglycemia, death more common than progression to diabetes

Findings based on randomized trial integrated into outpatient primary care practices

Cognitive benefits in orientation, language, and memory observed in napping versus non-napping older adults living in China

Severe PVS pathology in both basal ganglia and centrum semiovale independently predicted dementia across eight years

Trivalent adjuvanted, trivalent high-dose inactivated influenza vaccines comparable for moderate-to-severe injection-site pain in adults 65 years and older

Score has been developed and validated that includes eight independent predictors of grade 3 to 5 chemotherapy toxicity

Health officials also recommended COVID-19 vaccines be given to all adults with preexisting conditions