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Anchor lead: A new report cites confusion about medical regimens as the biggest challenge to seniors, Elizabeth Tracey reports Older people with chronic illnesses really don’t understand why they’re being prescribed certain medications or being told to adopt certain behaviors, …
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Anchor lead: How aggressively should blood pressure be lowered during an operation in an older person? Elizabeth Tracey reports A person’s blood pressure before surgery should be a consideration in how low to go during surgery, a recent study asserts, …
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Anchor lead: Frailty should be considered before any operation in an older person, Elizabeth Tracey reports Frailty is not just an adjective but a measureable health metric that should be employed before any older person has surgery, a recent study …
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Anchor lead: Can a lower thyroid hormone level actually be beneficial? Elizabeth Tracey reports Many people are diagnosed with inadequate thyroid hormone levels as they age, but now research by Jenna Mammen, an endocrinologist at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues, is …
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Anchor lead: Identifying thyroid disease may need to change as people age, Elizabeth Tracey reports Thyroid diseases are common as people age, especially an underactive thyroid gland known as hypothyroidism. Now a new study by thyroid expert Jenna Mammen at …
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This week’s topics include Medicare spending on frail elderly, resorbable stents, men with HPV, and procalcitonin to assess antibiotic need. Program notes: 0:41 Looking at procalcitonin to determine antibiotic use 1:42 Improve or worsen survival 2:40 Point of care testing …
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This week’s topics include aspirin discontinuation risks, HIV in those 50 and older, big data and chronic lung disease, and genetic testing and warfarin use. Program notes: 0:34 Genetic testing and warfarin dosing 1:35 Looked at genetics to determine 2:33 …
