Few adults who reported subjective memory complaints discussed such issues with a health care provider, according to results from a telephone study involving more than 10,276 people.
About one out of every five transfers from skilled nursing facilities to hospital emergency departments are potentially preventable, according to a study of root cause analysis, or RCA, a tool the researchers said can provide important insights...
Increasing weight loss between midlife and late life is a marker for mild cognitive impairment, according to a report published online Feb. 1 in JAMA Neurology.
Aerobic exercise has been shown to have a positive effect on heart health and overall fitness across all age groups. Now, researchers from Wake Forest University have found that aerobic exercise may slow the effects of Alzheimer’s disease in the...
SNOWMASS, CO — It’s time to eliminate the practice of prescribing aspirin for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation and a CHA2DS2-VASc score of 1, two eminent cardiologists agreed at the Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Snowmass.
Within the next few months, California’s AB X2-15, the End-of-Life Options Act will go into effect in my state, bringing the number of Americans who will live in a state where physician-assisted dying (PAD) is allowed to some 50 million, or about...
Iowa is the latest state to launch a unique strategy that aims to reduce medical malpractice lawsuits and bolster doctor-patient communication after poor outcomes, while encouraging swift resolution. The Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR...
The frontier of palliative care is outside of hospitals and hospice, said Diane Meier, MD, FACP, director of the national Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) and Anne-Marie Filkin lecturer at AMDA’s 2016 annual conference in Orlando, FL...
