Hospitalization

IV iron in heart failure most consistently cut hospital stays, an umbrella review finds

An umbrella review of forty-five reviews, published Oct. 8, 2026, in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, found that intravenous iron for heart failure with iron deficiency most consistently reduced heart failure hospitalizations, while…

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Heart failure /Heart

Cold days, not hot ones, were linked to more heart failure hospital stays in older adults

A study of Medicare data from 2007 to 2022, published Oct. 1, 2026, in JAMA Network Open, found that colder days were linked to more heart failure hospitalizations in adults 65 and…

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Frailty /Aging

For frail older adults, a high-dose flu shot may offer more protection

An analysis of the Danish DANFLU-2 trial of 332 438 adults 65 and older, published in September 2026 in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, found that the advantage of a high-dose flu vaccine…

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