AAOS: Pickleball-related fractures up significantly in older adults
Feb 16, 2024
Fractures most commonly were seen in the upper extremity in women aged 65 years and older following a fall.
Weight management treatments increase weight loss in patients with obesity
Feb 16, 2024
The probability of 5% or greater weight loss was increased with year-long exposure to any weight management treatment.
Black and Hispanic older adults in ‘Forgotten Middle’ are ‘worst off’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2024
Trends in home ownership and equity, income, health and other issues indicate that millions of middle-income Black, Hispanic or rural older adults may not have the financial resources they need to pay...
Americans have poor understanding of retirement income planning
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 16, 2024
Most respondents to a new study by the American College of Financial Services had a poor understanding of how to plan for the finances they will need in retirement.
Adults living alone have higher reported feelings of depression
Feb 15, 2024
Feelings of depression were much more likely for those never or rarely receive social and emotional support and live alone.
In trial, researchers test EHR alerts to lower harmful screenings, overtreatment in seniors
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 15, 2024
Researchers devised a new way to ensure that older adults aren’t being overtreated or tested needlessly via unnecessary screenings.
Outlook for senior living and care ‘somewhat mixed,’ Ziegler predicts
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 15, 2024
This year’s economic challenges for senior living and care will be “somewhat mixed,” according to specialty investment bank Ziegler’s annual recap of the previous year and predictions for the year...
Oregon man struck by bubonic plague likely got it from pet cat
Feb 14, 2024
This was Oregon’s first case since 2015. Today, it is a “very treatable disease,” one doctor said.
Man dies in first fatal case of Alaskapox
Feb 14, 2024
The Alaska Section of Epidemiology said the patient was “an elderly man from the Kenai Peninsula with a history of drug-induced immunosuppression” due to cancer treatments.
ED visits for cannabis use tied to increased risk for incident anxiety disorder
Feb 13, 2024
The analysis included 34,822 individuals (aged 10 to 105 years) who had an incident emergency department visit due to cannabis.