The FDA has approved dextromethorphan-bupropion extended-release tablets for agitation associated with Alzheimer disease dementia, offering clinicians a non-antipsychotic treatment option supported by...
A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated whether pharmacist-led deprescribing interventions reduce polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications among older adults across care settings.
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A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial evaluated whether pairing electronic decision support with routine medication reviews increases deprescribing of potentially inappropriate medications among older...
A new national analysis estimates the burden of COVID-19–associated illnesses, outpatient visits, hospitalizations, and deaths in the United States from October 2022 through September 2024, offering...
Researchers compared high-dose versus standard-dose influenza vaccines in adults aged 65 to 79 years to determine whether enhanced immunogenicity translates into reduced severe clinical outcomes, including...
In their secondary analysis of the Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability clinical trial, researchers examined whether a 2-year multidomain lifestyle program,...
In a nationwide Danish trial of more than 130,000 adults aged 60 years and older, a single dose of the bivalent RSV prefusion F protein vaccine reduced all-cause cardiorespiratory hospitalizations by nearly...
New multicenter US data show that a single respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine dose protects against hospitalization in older adults, though effectiveness wanes over time and is lower in...
Adults aged 60 and older undergoing mandibular fracture repair face more than double the risk of non-surgical complications compared with patients under 60, with gastrointestinal and cardiac events most...
A retrospective study from Puerto Rico reveals that orbital floor fractures, not nasal bone fractures, are the most common facial trauma among older adults, with falls as the leading cause.
