Aging / Geriatrics
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SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Prostate Cancer Screening: Still No Mortality Benefit
- February 7, 2012
- Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, FACP
- Oncology and Hematology
Results after 13 years of follow-up in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial confirmed earlier findings.
- Reviewing:
- Andriole GL et al. J Natl Cancer Inst 2012 Jan 18; 104:125
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Stroke Survivors Face a High Burden of Vascular Dementia
- February 7, 2012
- Hooman Kamel, MD
- Neurology
Delayed dementia after stroke is common and appears to reflect mostly vascular pathology.
- Reviewing:
- Allan LM et al. Brain 2011 Dec; 134:3716
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Nicotine for MCI?
- February 7, 2012
- David S. Knopman, MD
- Neurology
A small study of a nicotine patch in patients with mild cognitive impairment showed some benefit on a reaction-time test but no effect according to clinicians' judgment.
- Reviewing:
- Newhouse P et al. Neurology 2012 Jan 10; 78:91
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Healthy Nutrients in the Blood Help the Aging Brain
- February 6, 2012
- Jonathan Silver, MD
- Psychiatry
A study of nutrient biomarker levels in plasma confirms the usual suspects that help or hurt our cognition.
- Reviewing:
- Bowman GL et al. Neurology 2012 Jan 24; 78:241
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Antipsychotics Vary in Mortality Risk in Dementia Patients
- February 6, 2012
- Joel Yager, MD
- Psychiatry
Haloperidol had the highest 6-month mortality rate; quetiapine, the lowest.
- Reviewing:
- Kales HC et al. Am J Psychiatry 2012 Jan; 169:71
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Longer Follow-Up from the U.S. Prostate Cancer Screening Trial
- February 2, 2012
- Allan S. Brett, MD
- General Medicine
At 13 years, still no mortality benefit
- Reviewing:
- Andriole GL et al. J Natl Cancer Inst 2012 Jan 18; 104:125
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Erectile Dysfunction Appears to Be More Prevalent in Psoriatic PatientsFree
- January 27, 2012
- Jeffrey P. Callen, MD
- Dermatology
Dermatologists should ask male patients with psoriasis about ED and make appropriate referrals.
- Reviewing:
- Chung S-D et al. J Sex Med 2011 Oct 24
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Vitamin D and Calcium Supplements: What Do the Data Show? Who Should Be Treated?
- January 27, 2012
- Craig A. Elmets, MD
- Dermatology
Vitamin D and calcium supplementation may lower fracture risk in some individuals, but data regarding its effects on cancer are inconclusive.
- Reviewing:
- Chung M et al. Ann Intern Med 2011 Dec 20; 155:827
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Lifetime Cardiovascular Risk: The More Things Change . . .
- January 25, 2012
- Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM
- Cardiology
Risk factors are less prevalent than in the past, but they are just as predictive of outcome.
- Reviewing:
- Berry JD et al. N Engl J Med 2012 Jan 26; 366:321
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Behavioral Techniques to Address Overactive Bladder in Men
- January 19, 2012
- Allan S. Brett, MD
- General Medicine
These techniques worked just as well as anticholinergic drugs. Interview
- Reviewing:
- Burgio KL et al. J Am Geriatr Soc 2011 Dec; 59:2209
