Geriatrics

Prognosis for Older Back Pain Patients

The Study: Course and prognosis of older back pain patients in general practice: a prospective cohort study The Facts: a. The authors sought to identify the prognostic factors that would cause older patients with back pain not to have recovered after 3 months. b. This was a prospective study of patients over 55 who saw […]

Add Olive Oil or Nuts to Guard Brain; Not Low Fat

Published: May 20, 2013 | Updated: May 21, 2013 By Kathleen Struck , Senior Editor, MedPage Today Action Points Participants considered to be at high vascular risk were enrolled in a randomised, primary prevention trial with nutritional intervention comparing two Mediterranean diets (supplemented with either extra-virgin olive oil or mixed nuts) versus a low-fat control […]

Posture Provides Clue for Future Disability

The shape of an individual’s spinal column may predict his or her risk for nursing home admission or need of home assistance in old age….

Influence of spinal sagittal alignment, body balance, muscle strength, and physical ability on falling of middle-aged and elderly males

Eur Spine J. 2013 Jun; 22(6): 1346–1353. Published online 2013 Feb 27. doi: 10.1007/s00586-013-2721-9 PMCID: PMC3676567 Shiro Imagama Abstract Objective Risk factors for falling in elderly people remain uncertain, and the effects of spinal factors and physical ability on body balance and falling have not been examined. The objective of this study was to investigate […]

CDC: This year’s flu shot only 9% effective for elderly

The Centers for Disease Control released findings Friday that showed this flu season’s vaccination did not do a good job of protecting people, especially the elderly.

Midlife coffee and tea drinking and the risk of late-life dementia: a population-based CAIDE study.

J Alzheimers Dis. 2009;16(1):85-91. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2009-0920. Eskelinen MH Abstract Caffeine stimulates central nervous system on a short term. However, the long-term impact of caffeine on cognition remains unclear. We aimed to study the association between coffee and/or tea consumption at midlife and dementia/Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk in late-life. Participants of the Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging […]

High total cholesterol levels in late life associated with a reduced risk of dementia

Publication Neurology May 24, 2005 vol. 64 no. 10 1689-1695 American Academy of Neurology Author(s) M.M. Mielke, PhD; P.P. Zandi, PhD; M. Sjögren, MD, PhD; D. Gustafson, MS, PhD; S. Östling, MD, PhD; B. Steen, MD, PhD; and I. Skoog, MD, PhD Abstract Objective: To examine the longitudinal association between plasma total cholesterol and triglyceride […]

Adult scoliosis: prevalence, SF-36, and nutritional parameters in an elderly volunteer population

Schwab F,et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2005 May 1;30(9):1082-5. Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine Service, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA. fschwab@worldnet.att.net Abstract STUDY DESIGN: A prospective self-assessment analysis and evaluation of nutritional and radiographic parameters in a consecutive series of healthy adult volunteers older than 60 years. OBJECTIVES: To ascertain the prevalence […]