Smoking, alcohol intake tied to age-related macular degeneration
Nov 09, 2021
The findings were based on mendelian randomization for genetically predicted smoking initiation and alcohol intake.
Mobile tech program helps adults control high blood pressure
Oct 19, 2021
Greater engagement with self-management program was linked to lower systolic BP over time and lower risk for very high BP.
Past trauma tied to worse mental health during pandemic for aging women
Sep 24, 2021
A history of childhood abuse or intimate partner violence was linked to greater depression, anxiety and sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic among aging women.
Uptake low for monoclonal antibodies for COVID-19
Sep 22, 2021
Use peaked in January and declined in early 2021, at the time of the vaccine rollout.
Depressive symptoms often seen in patients years before their stroke
Jul 13, 2022
Individuals with stroke have an increase in depressive symptoms compared with matched controls at the assessment before stroke.
Nighttime light exposure tied to cardiovascular risk factors in seniors
Jul 08, 2022
Most older adults have some type of nighttime light exposure.
Approach for assessing cardiovascular health enhanced
Jun 29, 2022
Life’s Essential 8 updates many of the metrics from Life’s Simple 7 and adds new metric for sleep duration.
Prevalence of LATE-NC explored in seniors, Alzheimer’s disease
Jun 20, 2022
Almost 40% of those with Alzheimer’s disease neuropathologic change had a limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy neuropathologic change.
More sitting time tied to mortality, CVD in both rich, poor countries
Jun 17, 2022
The association was seen across countries at all economic levels but particularly among low- and lower-middle-income countries.
Fauci tests positive for COVID-19, has mild symptoms
Jun 16, 2022
The infectious disease specialist is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots.