Category: Geriatrics
Can small amounts of DNA in the blood predict an older person’s risk of frailty and dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports
What is an ultraprocessed food and does it increase your risk for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Ultraprocessed foods are getting a lot of attention these days as dietary don’ts. Now a new study looks at their role in cardiovascular disease and cancer. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says this study …
Can DNA in the blood indicate someone’s risk for frailty and dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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DNA found freely circulating in the blood is increasingly important clinically. Now a Johns Hopkins study has found that so-called ‘cell free DNA’ may be helpful in identifying risk for frailty and dementia in older folks. Clinician and researcher Lolita …
Older men don’t respond as well to vaccination as older women, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Giving Covid vaccines to adults aged 75 and older has shown that while they do respond with antibodies, that response lasts a much shorter time than in younger people. Johns Hopkins geriatrics expert Sean Leng says the study also found …
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How do vaccine responses compare among older and younger people? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Older adults may need Covid boosters more often, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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People older than 75 experience a robust antibody response to Covid vaccines but it fades quickly, research by Sean Leng, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, has shown. Leng: Now the good news is when those same individuals got the …
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