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A Web Resource Helps Doctors Calculate Life Expectancy of Older Patients
A team led by researchers from the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco has completed the first systematic review of prognostic indices used to calculate a patient’s life expectancy, and created a website that puts these indices in one central location. more »
Successful Aging and Sexual Satisfaction Remains Positive in Older Women
"While we cannot assess cause and effect from this study, these results suggest that maintaining a high level of sexual satisfaction may positively reinforce other psychological aspects of successful aging.” more »
Why Worry? Relationships and GAD
A new research study shows that worrying can be so intrusive and obsessive that it interferes in the person’s life and endangers the health of social relationships; the negative methods they use to cope — from over nurturing to extreme detachment — may be destructive more »
FDA Should Enhance Its Oversight of Medical Device Recalls
The Commissioner of FDA should create a program to routinely and systematically assess medical device recall information, and use this information to proactively identify strategies for mitigating health risks presented by defective or unsafe devices. more »
