LAS VEGAS — More than one in 10 patients with Clostridium difficile infection at the time of hospital discharge are readmitted for C. difficile infection within 90 days, according to findings from a review of Medicare data from 2009 to 2011.
Dementia is very common in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease, but when the condition is subtle, clinicians should take a cautious approach, according to Israeli expert Amos D. Korczyn, MD. Careful evaluation and follow up are in order,...
A 70-year-old patient with no psychiatric history presents to your office complaining of memory problems. The patient frequently misplaces items, forgets appointments, and has difficulty completing tasks. You observe that the patient interrupts you...
SAN DIEGO — Frail elderly patients face a significantly increased risk of mortality in the year after undergoing major elective noncardiac surgery, a large study from Canada showed.
Every medical professional will experience a 6% reduction in Medicare payments if they fail to submit the required amount of quality data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in 2016. In 2015, only physicians working in groups with 10...
Researchers who administered the FRONTIER Executive Screen (FES) — a brief bedside questionnaire designed to assess verbal fluency, inhibitory control, and working memory — were able to distinguish patients with behavioral-variant frontotemporal...
According to a pair of studies published online in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, statins — a class of drugs widely utilized by older adults to reduce cholesterol — may have the unintended consequence of reducing immunotherapeutic response to...
Lawmakers acted to limit an increase in Medicare Part B premiums as part of the budget deal negotiated between outgoing House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and the White House, and approved by the House on Oct. 28.
