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Covid-19 infected elderly patients on ventilators have low survival rates:
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 21 (ANI): Most people in their advance age, especially among those who are infected by the novel coronavirus and are suffering from some underlying disease such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and obesity, have lower rates of survival, even if they are put
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Study reveals Black and elderly patients less likely to receive lung cance
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 1 (ANI): According to new research only about 6 in 10 lung cancer patients in the United States receive the minimal lung cancer treatments recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines. Likelihood of receiving minimal treatment is lowest for b
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Weekly pharmacy visits improve adherence to heart failure medications in e
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 26 (ANI): Elderly patients with heart failure often miss their medicines or take a lower dose than the prescribed one which can worsen their condition. However, weekly pharmacy visits can improve adherence to medications and quality of life, a study has shown.
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Marijuana edibles pose major risk to elderly patients with cardiovascular
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 11 (ANI): With marijuana being legalised across North America, there is a changing perception that sees people believing that weed is the safest recreational drug.
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More hospitalizations for heart failure patients in winter
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Drastic change in temperature and atmospheric pressure is closely related to rate of hospitalization and death in elderly patients with heart failure.
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Proton therapy may be effective for treating cancer in elderly
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 25 (ANI): Researchers have recently found that proton beam therapy is a type of particle therapy that uses a beam of protons to irradiate diseased tissue and in combination with chemotherapy may be effective for treating esophageal cancer in elderly patients.
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Cold weather may up risk of heart failure in elderly
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 27 (ANI): You may ask your grandparents to avoid fog and low cloud in the winter as an increase in hospitalisation and death of elderly patients, with heart failure, is linked to change in temperature and atmospheric pressure, finds a study.
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