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A large U.S. study suggests that older adults hospitalized with delirium may experience better outcomes when treated with ...

A large U.S. study suggests that older adults hospitalized with delirium may experience better outcomes when treated with trazodone, commonly used to treat depression and sleep problems, rather than ...

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

The 33-year-old hospital patient who punched an 88-year-old man, who was also a patient, to death, in the early hours of the morning in the room they shared at Mercy University Hospital had sentencing ...

Elderly people who experience hallucinations of deceased friends or family members could be showing signs of dementia with acute delirium, a psychiatrist said, urging relatives to help them seek ...

“Subtle signs of delirium and/or declining mental awareness can include disorientation about date, location, reason for admission,” said Meghana R. Medavaram, MD, associate director of consultation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 77-year-old man arrested last fall died in a local hospital the morning of January 11, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s ...

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

Prioritizing nonpharmacologic strategies, enhancing staff training, and distinguishing Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (DSD) are vital to improving outcomes for hospitalized patients with Alzheimer ...

Frailty nurse specialist Linda Nazarko advises nurses in general practice and the community on prevention of falls in ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn — Knoxville Police Department officers responded to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, where a gun had been fired in a patient’s room on Monday morning. Officers said that an ...