Aging & Independence

Palliative Care: What’s Involved

Jul 17, 2020 · · Aging & Independence
A recent study (JAMA Network Open, January) demonstrated a 10 percent reduction in intensive care unit (ICU) utilization when palliative care was initiated in hospitalized people who were at the end of life. Given that ICU use at the end of life has been considered a negative indicator of the … Read More

Ask the Expert: COVID-19

Jun 15, 2020 · · Aging & Independence
Q: When covid-19 was first affecting people in my neighborhood, I suffered unexplained nausea and diarrhea for several days. A friend now tells me my symptoms might have been due to the coronavirus. Is it possible to have covid-19 and not have respiratory symptoms? A: Many illnesses can cause gastrointestinal … Read More

Are You Driving Safely?

Jun 15, 2020 · · Aging & Independence
Most of us like to think we are good and careful drivers, and data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration backs this up—for example, its research has shown that older adults are the least accident-prone age group on the road, and the most likely to wear their seat belts. … Read More

Maintaining Connections in Difficult Times

Jun 15, 2020 · · Aging & Independence
As I write, many Americans have been strongly advised to cut right back on social interactions to help protect against covid-19. Termed “social distancing,” the policy has played a major role in protecting lives—especially when it comes to older adults, since the severity of covid-19 and its mortality rate increase … Read More

Newsbriefs: End-of-Life Care; Hepatitis C Screening; Lower Stroke Risk; Harm from Sitting too Much?

Jun 15, 2020 · · Aging & Independence
Getting the End-of-Life Care You Want A Physician’s Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) is a medical order that clarifies your wishes for end-of-life care (a similar document is the MOLST, which stands for Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment). But a recent study (JAMA Network, Feb. 16) suggests that these documents … Read More

Genes and Weight

Jun 15, 2020 · · Aging & Independence
In 1953, the same year Watson and Crick reported the discovery of DNA, Jean Mayer, former president of Tufts University and then a professor at Harvard School of Public Heath, published an article in which he predicted that a wide variety of genes are likely to contribute to the complex … Read More

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