Gait, hearing ability help predict near-term mortality after heart attack
Functional impairment measures can help accurately predict six-month mortality for older heart attack patients, say Yale researchers.
Mortality Risk
Clinical Briefs for Friday, December 13
Older adults with hypothyroidism face elevated mortality risk … Long night’s sleep, long midday naps raise stroke risk … New quality measures introduced for older adults’ diabetes care … Deaths in nursing facilities, hospitals decline while those at home, hospice rise
Regular aspirin use may reduce cancer, mortality risks
A drug that lowers cancer and mortality risks in seniors may already be in many medicine cabinets, say cancer researchers.
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, December 4
Mild sleep apnea can be treated with a CPAP machine … Improving blood vessel health in the brain may help combat Alzheimer’s … Prediabetes not an immediate mortality concern in older adults … South Asians make up 60% of heart disease patients
Regular fasting linked to longer lifespan, reduced heart failure risk
People who fast regularly are less likely to experience heart failure and may live longer than their peers who do not, according to two new studies.
Clinical Briefs for Friday, November 15
Earlier onset, cognitive impairment raise mortality odds in Parkinson’s disease … Mortality risk competes with benefits of oral anticoagulants for A-Fib … Pacemakers improve heart function in chemotherapy-induced heart disease … Antibiotic-resistant infections causing nearly twice the deaths originally estimated: CDC
Intensive blood pressure control may prolong lifespan 3 years
Intensive blood pressure control with a target systolic reading of less than 120 mm Hg can prolong the life of a 50-year-old by three years, say Harvard researchers.
Changes in movement patterns predict frailty, disability in the elderly
Daily motor activity that is tracked using actimetry sensors can predict frailty and disability long before overt symptoms are evident.
COPD triples mortality risk in people with rheumatoid arthritis
Cardiopulmonary disease is a particular hazard for people with rheumatoid arthritis, a population-based study has found.
Less than 6 hours of sleep plus chronic condition a deadly combination
Sleep duration of less than six hours may predict mortality for adults with chronic health conditions, according to new research.
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