Declining muscle mass and function are hallmarks of the aging process. The preservation of muscle trophism may protect against various negative health outcomes. Age- and sex-specific curves of muscle mass, strength, and function, using data from a...
Republican leaders in Congress are calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to impose stricter safeguards against fraudulent Medicare billing by physicians.
SAN FRANCISCO — Patients with unchecked inflammation, depression, and slow gait make up a “depressed frail phenotype at grave risk of death,” Patrick J. Brown, PhD, said at the 2016 congress of the International Psychogeriatric Association.
The Society has announced that Peter Hanson, MD, author of the best-seller The Joy of Stress, will present Saturday’s keynote address at the 2017 Annual Conference, March 16–19, 2017, in Phoenix, AZ.
Nursing home residents who take psychotropic medications on a regular schedule are nearly three times more likely to fall than patients who do not use these agents, according to a 2-year retrospective observational study in the Netherlands.
SAN FRANCISCO — Depression and psychosis were strongly correlated in Parkinson’s disease, while the presence of clinical anxiety upped the odds of psychosis by a statistically significant 8%, in a cross-sectional study presented at the 2016 congress...
Unchecked hypertension has “devastating” long-term implications for cognitive health, the American Heart Association concluded in a recent scientific statement.
A low body mass index (BMI) and weight loss greater than 5 kg in the past year were both independent and “equally relevant” risk factors for the 6-month mortality of nursing home residents in a large international cross-sectional survey. And when...
