A literature review of local and systemic considerations for endodontic treatments in older adults.

Objectives: The aim of this literature review was to summarise the clinical important findings on the endodontic treatment outcome in older patients (≥60 years old) with pulpal/periapical disease considering local and systemic factors from a body of knowledge that is heterogeneous in methods or disciplines.

Background: Due to the increasing number of older patients in the endodontic practice, and the current trend for tooth preservation, the need for clinicians to have a better understanding of age-related implications that may influence the required endodontic treatment in older adults to retain their natural dentition is indispensable.

Methods: PubMed/Medline and Embase was searched by a medical librarian using specific terms based on inclusion/exclusion criteria.

Outcomes of Palliative Care Consults With Hospitalized Veterans.

Families and patients receive emotional support and better care planning after palliative care consultations.

Adherence to Measuring What Matters: Description of an Inpatient Palliative Care Service of an Urban Teaching Hospital.

Background: Benefits of palliative care have been extensively described; however, reports on adherence to national quality indicators are limited.

Objectives: This study focuses on describing the characteristics of patients who were seen at an urban academic hospital and their care team's adherence to 5 out of 10 Measuring What Matters (MWM) quality indicators.

Design: Retrospective chart review Setting/Subjects: Patients seen by inpatient palliative care service from January 2014 to December 2015 in an urban academic hospital.

Rate of change in kidney function and the risk of death: the case for incorporating the rate of kidney function decline into the CKD staging system.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with increased risk of death. A wave of recent studies used longitudinal data to examine the effect of the rate of decline of kidney function on the risk of death. The results from these studies show that there is an independent and graded association between the rate of kidney function decline and the risk of death.

Antioxidants and hormones as antiaging therapies: high hopes, disappointing results.

No single agent has been shown to truly reverse aging or increase longevity in humans. This article reviews the evidence of efficacy (or lack thereof) for two types of agents touted as antiaging therapies: antioxidants (vitamin E, vitamin C, and carotenoids) and hormones (growth hormone, testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone, and vitamin D).

Cancer in older men: a gender-based review.

Cancer is a common condition of the older male. Risk factors for developing a malignancy include genetic, environmental and life style features. Cancer epidemiology and prognosis differ depending on the age and gender of the population being studied.