Vol. 84, Issue 2, 2023

Healthy Aging in North Carolina

Food-insecure older adults are more likely to have an increase in negative health outcomes.

Aging adults are increasingly reliant on technology to connect and meaningfully participate in overlapping domains of life.

At least one in five North Carolinians is an informal caregiver for a relative or friend with a serious health problem, illness, or disability.

Lisa Riegel of AARP North Carolina, guest editor of this issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal, interviewed NCDOT Integrated Mobility Division Director Ryan Brumfield about this work.

Assessing the needs of the aging population requires a closer look at geographic distribution, gender and racial composition, socioeconomic characteristics, and health status factors.

A retrospective chart review of 47 patients with OUD initiating either buprenorphine-naloxone (BUP-NX) or extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX) showed higher rates of retention in outpatient treatment for those treated with BUP-NX.

In this cohort, those with thrombosis are at increased risk for adverse outcomes including death and severe disease.

Among North Carolinians identified with SARS-CoV-2 via surveillance efforts, age, race, and comorbidities were associated with infection-fatality.