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Study: Dialysis linked with lower quality of life for nursing home seniors
A new study has drawn an unpleasant conclusion about dialysis for seniors based in nursing homes--that it typically does little to improve their quality of life. The study, which was published in the... Read more...
Study focuses on helping seniors avoid rehospitalization
In one of a growing number of efforts focused on reducing rehospitalizations, a common, costly phenomenon among elderly patients, researchers at Rush University Medical Center are studying the... Read more...
Trend: Very elderly patients getting more aggressive procedures
Should surgeons implant a defibrillator in a 99-year-old patient's heart? This question, which might have seemed academic years ago, is becoming increasingly relevant as patients live longer and ask... Read more...
