Falls requiring medical attention tied to later dementia diagnosis
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Oct 02, 2024
The authors say that the findings warrant cognitive screening after a fall resulting in an emergency department or inpatient encounter.
Incident stroke tied to acute, accelerated long-term cognitive decline
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Oct 03, 2024
A substantial acute decline was seen in global cognition and all cognitive domains; an accelerated decline also was seen in global cognition.
Fatal falls after age 45 years cost more than fatal firearm injuries
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Oct 03, 2024
Combined cost, including medical costs and value of statistical life, were higher for fatal falls among those aged 45 to 85-plus years.
Event-free survival extended with long-term finerenone in heart failure
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Sep 30, 2024
For every starting age between 50 and 80 years, the projected mean event-free survival was numerically greater with finerenone versus placebo.
Cancer incidence rates in 2021 indicate return to prepandemic levels
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Sep 30, 2024
A recovery incorporating the delayed diagnoses from 2020 was not seen for overall cancer incidence.
1999 to 2020 saw decline in menopausal hormone therapy use
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Sep 30, 2024
Decreases were seen for women aged younger than 52 years, 52 to <65 years and 65 years and older, and for Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic white women.
Brookdale Senior Living to buy 18 communities from Diversified Healthcare Trust for $135 million
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 30, 2024
Brookdale Senior Living will pay $135 million to buy 18 senior living communities from Diversified Healthcare Trust, the Newton, MA-based real-estate investment trust has announced.
CDC: Counterfeit drugs from online pharmacies pose considerable danger
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Oct 03, 2024
The victims include people of all ages and occupations and from all 50 states.
More than ADLs: Assisted living now is about treatment, Silverado CEO says
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 30, 2024
Assisted living is a “whole different world” compared with 28 years ago, Silverado CEO Loren Shook told those attending a session at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s...
‘Far more people’ receive HCBS than institutional services, CMS says
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 30, 2024
“Far more people” received home- and community-based services such as those provided in some assisted living communities and other settings than institutional services such as those provided in nursing...