Levetiracetam well-tolerated for Alzheimer’s disease
Oct 01, 2021
It does not improve primary outcome but did improve performance on certain cognitive tasks in those with epileptiform activity.
Only one in five older, sick adults have a DNR order at admission
Sep 10, 2021
The authors say that advance care planning discussions with clinicians are needed earlier.
1990 to 2019 saw doubling of number of people with hypertension
Aug 25, 2021
The researchers found that despite a stable global age-standardized prevalence, from 1990 to 2019, the number of people aged 30 to 79 years with hypertension doubled from 331 and 317 million women and...
App to monitor rheumatoid arthritis symptoms does not improve disease outcomes
Jun 23, 2021
Both patients and physicians report positive experiences with app, however, with 90% of patients likely to recommend it.
Regular exercise linked to slower deterioration in Parkinson’s disease
Jan 14, 2022
Regular physical activity levels is linked to slower deterioration of postural and gait stability, activities of daily living and processing speed.
Israel will give fourth COVID-19 shot to people older than 60, health workers
Jan 03, 2022
About 60% of Israel’s 9.4 million people are fully vaccinated with either a recent second dose or booster dose.
BNT162b2 still effective, but less so, against omicron
Jan 03, 2022
Pfizer vaccine effectiveness against omicron was 70% compared with 93% against hospitalization for COVID-19 during delta’s predominance.
Omicron now accounts for 73 percent of new COVID-19 cases
Dec 22, 2021
The rate suggests there were more than 650,000 omicron infections in the United States last week.
No increase seen in CV events in elderly after BNT162b2 vaccination
Dec 10, 2021
No increase was seen in the incidence of myocardial infarction, stroke or pulmonary embolism among those aged 75 years or older in France.
Statin use does not change benefits of prostate cancer screening
Dec 08, 2021
Less of an increase was reported in detection of low-grade localized tumors in statin users versus nonusers.