Geriatrics
News from the FDA/CDC
CDC signs off on RSV vaccine for older adults
The vote recommending shared decision making about the vaccine, instead of a routine vaccination recommended for all, “is a weaker recommendation...
From the Journals
SSRI improves cognition, major depression in early dementia
Improvements in depressive symptoms were irrespective of dementia type.
Conference Coverage
A ‘one-stop shop’: New guidance on hormones and aging
Part of what we need to do is [provide] the evidence that we have, which includes evidence of when not to prescribe as well as [when] to prescribe...
News
Altered gut bacteria a biomarker of preclinical Alzheimer’s?
It’s not known whether the gut is influencing the brain, or the brain is influencing the gut, “but this association is valuable to know in either...
Feature
‘Deprescribing’: Should some older adults shed their meds?
“The clinical inertia, or maintaining the status quo, unfortunately is a lot of times easier than having time-intensive conversations.”
Behavioral Health
Caring for the caregiver in dementia
Caregiver stress is higher for dementia caregiving than other types. By focusing on the family, FPs can help to ease the burden.
Conference Coverage
Is the WHO’s ‘active aging’ the only healthy alternative?
“The WHO’s proposal of active aging is a prescriptive, standardized ideology that seems to suggest that being active is the only healthy way to...
From the Journals
Muscle fat: A new risk factor for cognitive decline?
“Increasing adiposity – or fat deposition – in skeletal muscles predicted faster cognitive decline, irrespective of demographics or other disease...
Latest News
Blood biomarker may help predict who will develop Alzheimer’s
At this point, the biomarker is a research tool, but its application in clinical practice “is not very far away.”
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Medicaid patients with heart failure get poor follow-up after hospital discharge
Both structural racism and problems with access are likely behind the low rates of follow-up care.
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Game-changing Alzheimer’s research: The latest on biomarkers
Molecular biomarkers are typically considered at a stage after clinical diagnosis, but the anticipated future availability of plasma biomarkers...