DALLAS: Concerns that taking oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation could possibly lead to fall-related traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in elderly patients are not only justified, but ICH incidence rates may be much higher than clinicians realize—at least in older people, suggests new research[1].

The retrospective Read More »

LOS ANGELES: More people may be living to 100 and beyond than ever before, but the real challenge is how to become one of them yourself, and how to care for an aging population.

Dr. Noel H. Ballentine, director of geriatric health in the Division of Read More »

HOUSTON: A new medical center focused on treating Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia is coming to the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (HSC).

The college’s physicians who are leading the effort made the announcement at a news conference held by the Read More »

LOS ANGELES: New research identifies a cellular waste-sensing protein may be behind age-related macular degeneration, as well as Alzheimer’s.

A treatment targeting problem proteins in Alzheimer’s disease could also cure age-related macular degeneration (AMD), scientists behind a new study suggest.

The research found what was happening Read More »