The Republicans want to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, while the Democrats want either to build on its strengths, or — ideally — institute a single-payer system.
Hypertension gets all the attention. But hypotension is an important and common clinical problem that deserves more careful evaluation and significantly more attention in older patients, said John Morley, MD, BCh, of the division of geriatric...
Among patients with type 2 diabetes, those with foot ulcers show cognitive impairment across all domains when compared with those without, according to a report published in Diabetes Care.
Health care delivery is changing, and the ethics of health care are changing along with it. Much has been written about how and why health care delivery is changing, driven largely by concerns about escalating health care costs. But far less...
Midlife interventions — including physical activity, hypertension control, and maintaining healthy HDL cholesterol — may ward off later cognitive decline, reported Cassandra Szoeke, PhD, of the Centre for Medical Research at the University of...
ORLANDO, FL — The task of reducing antibiotic use in nursing homes brings up important questions, such as how to gently say “no” to family members worried about urinary tract infection in residents who fall or are acting “different” who request...
ORLANDO, FL — National initiatives to improve prescribing and reduce adverse drug events are fast raising the bar for what characterizes effective medication management and collaboration between medical directors and pharmacists.
According to the Food and Drug Administration, the era of personalized medicine has arrived. Of all new drugs approved since 2011, approximately one-third had some type of genetic or other biomarker data included in the submission to characterize...
ATLANTA — Early findings from the ongoing Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial–Depression Endpoint Prevention (VITAL-DEP) study are bringing to light the “invisible epidemic” of alcohol use among older adults.