Rather than link each individual article separately I’ve provided a link to the table of contents for this collection on geriatric emergencies.
What underwriter wouldn’t get excited about Evaluation of Syncope in Older Adults. This is exciting stuff!
Also unclear is whether heavy drinking during a person’s teens and 20s, when important brain connections are still forming, has a lasting effect on brain function in later life.
Source: The Effects of Chronic Heavy Drinking on Brain Function Are Underdiagnosed – WSJ
I’m screwed.
Among older individuals, women are significantly more likely than men to report having asthma and also have a 30% higher asthma-related mortality rate. In addition, women are nearly twice as likely to visit the emergency department for asthma when compared with men. Older women have been shown to have the highest hospitalization rates among all people with asthma (Figure). “However, little is known regarding why older women are more likely to suffer from the adverse events of asthma,” says Alan P. Baptist, MD, MPH. To better understand the specific issues that are unique to older women with asthma, Dr. Baptist and colleagues conducted a literature review and published their findings in Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology.
Protein should come from animal and plant sources, since each type of protein appears to play different roles in maintaining lean muscle mass and leg strength. Plant protein helps preserve muscle strength, while animal protein is linked to muscle mass, the researchers said.
via Older Americans Need Protein to Keep Muscles Strong, Study Says – MedicineNet.
Hmmm….
Even Light Activity Can Boost Seniors’ Health – MedicineNet.
It really is amusing the stuff that grabs your attention the older you get.
From The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. All articles have free access with downloadable PDF files.
Defining meal requirements for protein to optimize metabolic roles of amino acids.
The causes of injury that result in TBI-related deaths vary by age group. In 2013, 77% of the TBI-related deaths among infants aged <1 year were from causes other than transportation, firearms, or falls, and primarily resulted from assault and maltreatment. Transportation accounted for 53% of the TBI-related deaths among children aged 1–14 years. Firearm-related injuries accounted for 50% and 52% of the TBI-related deaths for persons aged 15–24 and 25–64 years, respectively. Most of the firearm-related TBI deaths in these two age groups were suicides (62% and 83%, respectively). The majority (61%) of TBI-related deaths for those aged ≥65 years resulted from falls.
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