Paula Span
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3 Common Drugs Older Adults Might Be Overusing (opens the original)
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The scenario often unfolds like this: Medical researchers investigate a frequently used drug and report that it’s less effective for older patients than previously thought, or that its risks outweigh its benefits in older adults. More studies follow, confirming those findings. After a few years, medical associations revise their guidelines, warning that the drug in question should be avoided or at least prescribed more selectively. It might be added to the Beers Criteria, an influential list of
Why older pedestrians fare worse in car crashes (opens the original)
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On an August morning two years ago, Meredith Melville was crossing Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, California, to meet a friend at a cafe. While in the crosswalk, she noticed a car some distance away. Perhaps she misjudged its speed, she said, because sheâd walked only partway across the street when the car, a Toyota sedan, came bearing down on her. âShe should have seen me,â Melville said of the driver. âAll of a sudden she was there, and I didnât have any way to get out of her way. I fle
What geriatric emergency departments do differently (opens the original)
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It had been a rough few months. Cynthia Tompkins was hospitalized in May for osteomyelitis â a bone infection â then spent six weeks in a rehabilitation facility. âIt was a struggle,â she said. âI didnât bounce back too well.â Tompkins returned to her home in San Diego, but she was still taking antibiotics, along with a host of other drugs for diabetes, pain, and blood clots. The deaths of her husband the previous year and her closest friend more recently had sapped her spirits. In
Years after he quit smoking, a lung cancer scan saved his life (opens the original)
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Dennis Schmidt started smoking as a teenager, when that was so unexceptional that his Catholic high school designated outdoor âsenior smoking quarters,â where students in their final year could take cigarette breaks. He smoked a pack of menthols daily for nearly 40 years. As a registered nurse at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and a former Air Force medic, he knew this was a bad idea. âI made a couple of attempts to quit and they failed miserably,â said Schmidt, now 75. Not
What Geriatric Emergency Departments Do Differently (opens the original)
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It had been a rough few months. Cynthia Tompkins was hospitalized in May for osteomyelitis — a bone infection — then spent 6 weeks in a rehabilitation facility. “It was a struggle,” she said. “I didn’t bounce back too well.” Tompkins returned to her home in San Diego, but she was still taking antibiotics, along with a host of other drugs for diabetes, pain, and blood clots. The deaths of her husband the previous year and her closest friend more recently had sapped her spirits. In early July, a n
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