In older patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and cognitive impairment, anticoagulation was associated with more major bleeding episodes and death than no anticoagulation, a study
Beta-blocker (BB) therapy is associated with significantly lower short- and long-term mortality rates among all patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), including
Integration of precision health–derived interventions “may offer new opportunities for analytics-based geriatric medicine that accommodates individual heterogeneity but allows for more flexible and resource-efficient population-level
Using the example of potassium supplements remaining in a patient’s drug regimen after discontinuation of loop diuretics, authors remind clinicians to be aware of the
In the large, 6-month Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescriber Study (CHIPPS), weekly visits to care homes by pharmacist independent prescribers (PIPs) significantly reduced the Drug Burden
In an international, phase 3 trial of 24,966 older adults, a single dose of an AS01E-adjuvanted respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prefusion F protein–based candidate vaccine (RSVPreF3
In a phase 2b trial of 5,782 older adults, an adenovirus serotype 26 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vector encoding a prefusion F (preF) protein (Ad26.RSV.preF) protein
In hospitalized patients transitioning to and in postacute care (PAC) facilities, a deprescribing intervention reduced the total medication burden. The effects were sustained at a
Older adults — including those with the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele — had slower rates of memory decline when they engaged in a healthy
Asking older adults about cannabis use and educating them about its effects should be a routine aspect of medical care, according to authors who studied