Quality of Life - the Primary Component in Senior Health Care

February 9th, 2013

Hip Fracture Risk May Rise as Elderly Start Antihypertensives

Hip Fracture Risk May Rise as Elderly Start Antihypertensives MINNEAPOLIS - The risk of hip fracture among elderly patients spikes shortly after starting antihypertensive medications, judging from the findings of a large case-series analysis. Overall, elderly community-dwelling patients had a 43% increased risk of hip fracture within 45 days of […]

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January 16th, 2013

Alzheimer’s breakthrough: Vaccine may be on its way, researchers say

Alzheimer's breakthrough: Vaccine may be on its way, researchers say Researchers say they've made a major breakthrough in the effort to develop an Alzheimer's disease vaccine. A team from Université Laval, CHU de Québec, and pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline discovered that the molecule monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL) stimulates immune cells in […]

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January 7th, 2013

AHA Adds Its Weight to NSAID Risk Message

AHA Adds Its Weight to NSAID Risk Message MedPage Today January 06, 2013 The American Heart Association (AHA) has joined the newly formed Alliance for the Rational Use of NSAIDs, a public health coalition that aims to bring more awareness to the health risks associated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). […]

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January 6th, 2013

Subtle Cognitive Declines Follow Menopause

Subtle Cognitive Declines Follow Menopause MedPage Today January 04, 2013 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner Action Points The year after a woman's final menstrual period, a phase classified as early postmenopause, is […]

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December 31st, 2012

Managing Disruptive Doctors (or How to Handle a Spoiled Brat)

Managing Disruptive Doctors (or How to Handle a Spoiled Brat) December 31, 2012 The other day I received a mailing from a health care training group for a $279 continuing-education seminar titled “Managing Disruptive Docs in a New Era of Hospital-Physician Relations.” The topic may sound absurd, but this is […]

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