Bexarotene, a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat skin cancer, stopped the primary nucleation step in the self-assembly of amyloid-beta-42 oligomers and delayed the formation of pathogenic aggregates that are associated with...
Long-term use of proton pump inhibitors was significantly associated with later diagnoses of dementia in adults 75 and older in a prospective cohort study of more than 73,000 individuals. The findings were published online in JAMA Neurology.
The Caring for the Frail Elderly Conference will take place Aug. 19–20, 2016 in Columbia, MO. The conference attracts nearly 300 professionals from around the state, including primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, nursing home...
It has occurred to every PALTC clinician on call, whether it’s a nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or physician. The skilled nursing facility calls with an acute change in status for a resident under your care. Fortunately, the nurse is well...
LOS ANGELES — Endovascular thrombectomy is not only clinically the best option for many patients with acute, ischemic strokes involving a proximal occlusion in a large cerebral artery; it’s also highly cost effective, based on follow-up analyses of...
Benzodiazepine use by elderly adults did not seem to be causally related to an increased risk for dementia and cognitive decline, according to results from a prospective study.
We ran a Medical Ethics column in October 2015 by Robert Gibson, PhD, JD, about medical decision-making for our patients who lack decisional capacity and have nobody available to serve as a surrogate to provide substituted judgment, that is, to tell...
Steven M. Handler, MD, PhD, CMD, has two professional loves — PALTC medicine and research. He is combining the two to explore the potential role for telemedicine in nursing homes and other PALTC settings, and he’s sought the input of his AMDA...
