Midlife Cognitive Problems Tied to Sleep Disruptions Earlier in Life
People who had fragmented sleep in their 30s and 40s were more likely to have worse cognition a decade later, longitudinal data showed. Those in the highest versus the lowest tertile of the sleep fragmentation index had over twice the odds of performing poorly on three types of cognitive tests 11 years later, said Yue […]
Trio of Eye Diseases Linked to Falls, Fractures in Older Adults
Older adults with cataracts, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and glaucoma are all more likely to have falls or fractures compared with those without these eye diseases, a population-based cohort study suggested. While the findings don’t definitively prove that vision problems cause these accidents, an analysis of health records in England revealed higher risks of falls […]
8 Holiday Habits That Are Secretly Making You Anxious
Fiordaliso via Getty Images It’s easy to get lost in the chaos of the season — and get more anxious as a result. Every present is wrapped with a pretty bow. The lights are twinkling, snow is falling and everyone is peacefully getting along. Then you turn off the TV. Outside the picture-perfect world of […]
Democrats Have A $50 Billion Plan To Ease U.S. Nurse ‘Shortage’
LOADINGERROR LOADING Congressional Democrats want to pump $50 billion into the training and hiring of more public health nurses ― a cash infusion they say would improve both working conditions for nurses and health outcomes for underserved communities. Lawmakers planned to introduce bills in both the House and Senate on Wednesday to establish a grant […]
Most Unaware of Having Prediabetes; Mid-Stage Growth Hormone Win; Fake Wegovy Woes
More than one in three adults have prediabetes, representing around 98 million Americans, but 81% of them don’t know it, the CDC said as part of a national PSA to raise awareness. The federal government’s dietary guidelines may soon warn against ultra-processed foods. (Washington Post) Two phase II trials found the investigative oral drug LUM-201 […]
Brain Health Took a Hit During the COVID Pandemic
Brain health deteriorated more rapidly for people 50 and older during the COVID-19 pandemic, data from the PROTECT study in England suggested. Across the entire cohort of 3,100 people, both executive function (effect size 0.15) and working memory (effect size 0.51) worsened during the first year of the pandemic, according to Anne Corbett, PhD, of […]
NPs No More Likely Than Physicians to Prescribe Inappropriately to Older Adults
Nurse practitioners were no more likely than physicians to inappropriately prescribe medications to older patients, researchers found. In an analysis of Medicare Part D claims, the mean rates of inappropriate prescribing by NPs and primary care doctors were “virtually identical” at adjusted rates of 1.66 and 1.68 per 100 prescriptions, David Studdert, LLB, ScD, of […]
Adults with ADHD are at increased risk for developing dementia
Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are nearly three times more likely to develop dementia than adults without ADHD, according to a Rutgers study. The study, coauthored by Michal Schnaider Beeri, director of the Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center at Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) was published in JAMA Network Open. It followed […]
Bladder-Sparing Neoadjuvant Protocol Gets High Marks for MIBC
More than 40% of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) avoided immediate cystectomy after achieving a clinical complete response (cCR) with a chemoimmunotherapy combination, a prospective study showed. Overall, 33 of 76 patients with MIBC achieved a cCR by stringently defined criteria following transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) and treatment with gemcitabine, cisplatin, and […]
Smoking-Related Metabolic Changes Partly Drive Type 2 Diabetes Risk
HAMBURG, Germany — Smokers were more likely to have a specific metabolic signature that mediated their risk for developing type 2 diabetes, a researcher reported here. In a study of nearly 94,000 people in the U.K. Biobank, smoking was tied with a 73% higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes compared with no smoking (HR […]