Objectives To evaluate the evidence for strategies to prevent falls or fractures in residents in care homes and hospital inpatients and to investigate the effect of dementia and cognitive impairment.Design Systematic review and meta-analyses of studies grouped by intervention and setting (hospital
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This BMJ editorial discusses about the use of community matrons to decrease the work load on the hospitals for geriatric patients.
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Conclusions of the above research: Case management of frail elderly people introduced an additional range of services into primary care without an associated reduction in hospital admissions. This may have been because of identification of additional cases. Employment of community matrons is now a
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A study of transfusion patients given blood contaminated with the human form of mad cow disease has indicated the 24 still alive are at "substantial" risk.
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Multiple doses of inhaled corticosteroids given over a relatively short period appear to be the best way of managing acute asthma exacerbation, according to a review of the subject in the November issue of Chest.
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New data show that Galvus(R) (vildagliptin), an investigational once-daily oral medicine for patients with type 2 diabetes, significantly reduced blood sugar levels in people age 65 and older.
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People with high cholesterol levels who stop taking the drugs called statins increase their risk of heart attacks by at least 30 percent, a Dutch study finds.
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The thiazolidinedione Avandia (rosiglitazone) has a more durable response than two older oral type 2 diabetes agents, but it was more expensive and had more side effects, researchers reported here.
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Blood clotting is four to five times more likely to occur in patients getting drug-coated heart devices known as stents, compared to the older bare-metal variety, according to a large data analysis released on Wednesday by The Cleveland Clinic.
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