Older adults who experience delirium after hip fracture surgery face a significantly faster decline in memory and thinking ...

For patients with dementia, postoperative delirium can accelerate long-term cognitive decline. Vagus nerve stimulation could reduce brain inflammation and disruptions in awareness and attention.

After surgery, some older adults don't simply recover—they unravel. Confusion, inattention, and agitation can set in, a condition known as postoperative delirium. For patients already living with ...

Even minor mental or emotional strain prior to surgery extremely hinders recovery in senior patients. Distressed elders often worried about financial burden, family care, and other social burden, ...

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OYE Therapeutics has been authorized to initiate clinical development of its OYE-101 caffeine injection after the U.S. FDA cleared its Investigational New Drug applications. OYE-101 is a novel ...

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One large international study demonstrated that severe hypoxia during attempted intubation of critically ill patients occurs ...

"Ejaculating blood happens to most people at least once in their lives and in 99% of cases it resolves without taking any ...

“First thing he said, sitting in that locker room was, ‘Man, I’m supposed to take my kids to the arcade in the morning,’ ” ...

Variants of APOE gene, that control brain waste clearance are linked to 90% of Alzheimer’s cases. Targeting its protein can critically prevent dementia risk.

Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying laws allow patients to request a painless death if an assessor agrees their terminal ...