‘Social prescribing’ may help lonely older adults to avoid harmful sedatives and painkillers

Lonely, older adults are nearly twice as likely to use opioids to ease pain and two-and-a-half times more likely to use sedatives and anti-anxiety medications, putting themselves at risk for drug dependency, impaired attention, falls and other accidents, and further cognitive impairment, according to a study by researchers at UC San Francisco. ‘Social prescribing’ may help lonely older adults to avoid harmful sedatives and painkillers

Tulane spin-out company awarded grant to develop new graft for treating pelvic organ prolapse

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development has awarded a $256,000 grant to BioAesthetics Corp., a Tulane University spin-out company, to develop a new graft for treating pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Tulane spin-out company awarded grant to develop new graft for treating pelvic organ prolapse

Knowledge and support from primary care services can improve women's health during menopause

More knowledge and individual support from primary care services can alleviate women's menopausal problems, a University of Gothenburg thesis shows. Knowledge and support from primary care services can improve women's health during menopause

MRI screening and targeted biopsies could reduce overdiagnoses of prostate cancer

Most countries have not introduced nationwide prostate-cancer screening, as current methods result in overdiagnoses and excessive and unnecessary biopsies. A new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, which is published in The New England Journal of Medicine, indicates that screening by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and targeted biopsies could potentially cut overdiagnoses by half. MRI screening and targeted biopsies could reduce overdiagnoses of prostate cancer

Multiple geriatric conditions increase treatment burden in older patients with bladder cancer

Having multiple chronic health conditions and living in a rural area were the top two factors affecting increased healthcare system contact among older patients with bladder cancer, a research team has found. Multiple geriatric conditions increase treatment burden in older patients with bladder cancer