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Individuals with level 3 care needs, participants with hypertension or stroke and residents who used canes were at a higher risk of developing norovirus-related diarrhea.

Norovirus-Diarrhea Incidence Rate Low in Long-Term Care Facilities

Participants in the Tromsø study with both obesity and moderately high/high waist circumference at baseline had increased odds of being frail compared with those in the normal range. 

Obesity in Adulthood Linked to Increased Frailty Risk in Later Life

Patients with late-onset depression died on average 1 year earlier than those with early-onset depression or those without late-life depression. 

Late-Onset Depression Linked to Higher Mortality Rate for Older Individuals

Exploratory analyses of data from the Look AHEAD trial suggest maintaining an HbA1c level of 7% or less was associated with smaller increases in frailty index over the 8-year study period when compared to their counterparts with an HbA1c level of 8% or greater. 

Optimal Glycemic Control Could Slow Biological Aging in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

New longitudinal data support bolstered use of booster doses among health care workers in US nursing homes.

Two-Dose COVID-19 Vaccination Among Nursing Home Staff Waned in Benefit Against Omicron Variant

After decades of unmet needs in the progressive form of vision loss, the complement inhibitor drug class is nearing the market for affected patients.

Fighting for Sight: Geographic Atrophy Drug Development Meets Its Future

Data show older men and women are getting less and less sleep. However, women are much more likely to report such issues than men, despite faring slightly better in polysomnography tests.

Older Adult Men Report Worse Sleep Health Than Women Over Time

The result show the gain in best-corrected visual acuity and the reduction in central subfield thickness at the conclusion of the core study was maintained up to week 24 of the extension study, with no differences in the safety profile.

Clinical Efficacy, Safety of Brolucizumab Similar to Trial Results for nAMD Patients

The mean PCDP was estimated by 2 different methods to be 10.7 years and 10.1 years for open-angle glaucoma. 

Mean Length of Preclinical Detectable Phase for Open-Angle Glaucoma Estimated at 10 Years 

A faster rate of visual field progression was observed among 37 glaucomatous eyes treated with anti-VEGF for nAMD compared with a control group of 4304 eyes without anti-VEGF. 

Anti-VEGF Treatment for nAMD May Influence Glaucoma Progression 

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