Life Expectancy

Resource allocation based on diagnosis, perceived social worth, or predicted life expectancy erodes trust and fairness, say the doctors.

This season’s flu vaccines are 45% effective: CDC … ER patients may care less about a clinician’s race and gender than previously thought … New group of antibiotics hold promise in fight against...

Despite life‐limiting illness, more than one-third of eldercare facility residents aged 65 and older remain on statins, finds a national study.

U.S. life expectancy goes up for the first time since 2014 … FDA to review skin patch therapy for Alzheimer’s … U.S. outperforms peers in flu vaccination among seniors, underperforms in other healthcare...

Wealthy people can expect to live seven to nine more years without disability than those who are poor, say investigators.

Simple tool predicts life expectancy after dementia diagnosis … FDA approves first triglyceride drug, a complement to statin therapy … Older women top list of those who take weekly sleep meds … NIH...

New CDC data includes life expectancy and mortality rates and shows where nursing home services rank in terms of use, among other notable findings.

Respiratory symptoms such as coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath can predict mortality in older people, say Australian researchers.

For success in long-term care, you want your employees to stay well, and especially not dead. If it isn’t already, that should probably be a primary component of your business plan. A dead staff...

Nursing homes would be put out of business if scientists discover how to stop the aging process, McKnight’s Editorial Director John O’Connor wrote in his blog yesterday. But the reverse is...