By Denise Baez , DG News Among older adults with hypertension, use of antihypertensive medication was associated with decreased dementia risk compared with individuals with untreated hypertension through all ages in late life, and those on antihypertensive therapy had no increased risk of dementia compared with healthy controls, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. "In this individual participant data meta-analysis with data from 16 countries, we found that hypertension was a risk factor associated with dementia in late life," wrote Matthew J. Lennon, MD, University of Ne...
AIM An important characteristic of glucose-lowering therapies (GLTs) is their ability to prevent cardiovascular complications. We aimed to investigate the cardiorenal efficacy and general safety of GLTs. MATERIALS AND METHODS Multicentre, ra
Among patients with knee pain, those who take beta-blockers appear to have a lower risk of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for the treatment of advanced osteoarthritis (OA), according to a study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. "Our...