Observed rates of cancer diagnoses lower than expected in pandemic
Feb 26, 2024
The rate of all-sites cancer incidence was 28.6% lower than expected during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic response.
10 sickened by E. coli outbreak linked to raw milk cheese
Feb 20, 2024
Officials say 10 people have been sickened and four hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported.
Most men choose active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer
Jan 22, 2024
Older age, white race, and higher education were patient factors associated with initial active surveillance uptake in an unadjusted analysis.
Acute hospital care at home shows promise for medically complex patients
Jan 08, 2024
At 30 days after discharge, the mortality rate was 3.2% and skilled nursing facility use rate was 2.6%.
Integration of Medicaid physical, mental health does not aid outcomes
Jan 08, 2024
No significant benefits were seen for most measures of utilization, quality and outcomes.
Senior-held home equity rises for second consecutive quarter
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 19, 2023
Older adult-held home equity increased for the second consecutive quarter, according to the latest quarterly release from the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association and data analytics firm RiskSpan,...
Over-the-counter meds, exercise most prevalent treatment for chronic pain
Nov 20, 2023
The likelihood of using prescription opioids was higher for older persons, those with public insurance, and those with more severe pain, after adjustment for multiple factors.
Edenwald Senior Living partners with Goucher College to join increasing number of university retirement...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 11, 2024
Edenwald Senior Living, a not-for-profit continuing care retirement / life plan community in Towson, MD, is partnering with Goucher College to become a university retirement community, a growing national...
Fewer adults eligible for statins with PREVENT equations
Jun 21, 2024
Compared with the pooled cohort equations, the mean estimated 10-year ASCVD risk was lower using the PREVENT equations across all age, sex and racial subgroups, with the largest difference seen for Black...
National plan on aging ‘essential’ to addressing key issues: AARP
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 18, 2024
Aging, itself, isn’t a challenge — but being unprepared for aging is, according to AARP, which on Wednesday released a white paper that lays out a blueprint for developing a national plan on aging.