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Abstract Objective To evaluate the association between recently raised anticholinergic burden and risk of acute cardiovascular events in older adults. Design Case-case-time-control study (ie, incorporating a case crossover design and a control crossover design consisting of future cases). Setting Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database. Participants 317 446 adults aged ≥65 who were admitted to hospital […]
Illustration: Chiara Zarmati As the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs, the resumption of social activity has led to a spike in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The virus usually causes a mild illness with nothing more than cold-like symptoms, but these lower respiratory tract infections can come with severe and devastating consequences for some children and elderly people. […]
Tou-Yuan Tsai, emergency physician12, Ching-Hui Loh, professor of geriatric medicine23, Huei-Kai Huang, physician-scientist24 1Emergency Department, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan 2School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan 3Center for Aging and Health, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan 4Department of Family Medicine, Hualien […]
September 27, 2023 3 min read Source/Disclosures Disclosures: Lau reports no relevant financial disclosures. Please see the study for all other authors’ relevant financial disclosures. ADD TOPIC TO EMAIL ALERTS Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . […]
The cross-over study, SWAP-MEAT: Study With Appetizing Plant Food – Meat Eating Alternatives Trial was led by Dr. Christopher Gardner, Stanford University, and studied 36 participants’ cardiometabolic and body composition levels after eating plant-based and conventional meat over eight weeks. While both groups showed almost identical calories, sodium, protein and blood pressure levels, the results […]
The respiratory tract is a rich ecological niche. In addition to the regular residents of the virome and microbiome, infectious agents such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) come and go, and sometimes overlap. RSV can cause acute illness and the virus can sometimes linger. Viruses that stick around can cause chronic conditions such […]
Respiratory syncytial virus in older adults is under-studied owing to a lack of reliable data.Credit: golfcphoto/ Getty Images When a retired physician in his early 80s checked himself into Rochester General Hospital in New York complaining of severe difficulty breathing, his physicians suspected that his pre-existing heart failure was to blame. They gave him diuretic […]
Abstract Pleural contact in lung cancers does not always imply pleural invasion (PI). This study was designed to determine whether specific invasive CT characteristics or iodine uptake can aid in the prediction of PI. The sample population comprised patients with resected solid lung adenocarcinomas between April 2019 and May 2022. All participants underwent a contrast […]
Sepsis is a life-threatening medical emergency that occurs when an infection causes a chain reaction throughout the body that can lead to the failure of multiple organs in rapid succession. In the United States about 350,000 people die from sepsis each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making proper diagnosis a […]