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The effects of increased therapy time on cognition and mood in frail patients with a stroke who rehabilitate on rehabilitation units of nursing homes in the Netherlands: a protocol of a comparative study
DiscussionThe present study evaluates the effect of increased therapy time on cognition, mood (level of depression and anxiety), and ADL in stroke patients. When positive effects will be found this study can guide policy makers and practitioners on how to implement more therapy time on rehabilitation wards of nursing homes.Trial registration: TNR Our study has been documented in the Dutch Trial Registration, TC = 3871.
Source: BMC Geriatrics - May 23, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marleen Huijben-SchoenmakersArno RademakerPeter RoodenErik Scherder Source Type: research

MRI for all: Cheap portable scanners aim to revolutionize medical imaging
.news-article__hero--featured .parallax__element{ object-position: 47% 50%; -o-object-position: 47% 50%; } The patient, a man in his 70s with a shock of silver hair, lies in the neuro intensive care unit (neuro ICU) at Yale New Haven Hospital. Looking at him, you’d never know that a few days earlier a tumor was removed from his pituitary gland. The operation didn’t leave a mark because, as is standard, surgeons reached the tumor through his nose. He chats cheerfully with a pair of research associates who have come to check his progress with a new and potentially revolutionary device they are testing. The cylind...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - February 23, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Age at death in elderly cohorts of four European countries of the Seven Countries Study: the role of comorbidities.
CONCLUSION: AD seems a valuable indicator of all-cause mortality when the study population has reached or approached the extinction. PMID: 32410168 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - May 13, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Menotti A, Puddu PE, Tolonen H Tags: Aging Clin Exp Res Source Type: research

Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats
LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS— When a Dutch nurse named Lucia de Berk stood trial for serial murder in 2003, statistician Richard Gill was aware of the case. But he saw no reason to stick his nose into it. De Berk was a pediatric nurse at Juliana Children’s Hospital in The Hague. In 2001, after a baby died while she was on duty, a colleague told superiors that De Berk had been present at a suspiciously high number of deaths and resuscitations. Hospital staff immediately informed the police. When investigators reexamined records from De Berk’s shifts, they found 10 suspicious incidents. Three other hospitals where D...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 19, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research