Geriatrics
News
Medicaid patients with heart failure get poor follow-up after hospital discharge
Both structural racism and problems with access are likely behind the low rates of follow-up care.
News
Game-changing Alzheimer’s research: The latest on biomarkers
Molecular biomarkers are typically considered at a stage after clinical diagnosis, but the anticipated future availability of plasma biomarkers...
Opinion
The new vaccine your patients may not want
How can we incorporate the new RSV vaccine for older adults into our practices and overcome patient hesitancy to receive yet another vaccine?
News
Flavanol supplement improves memory in adults with poor diets
The evidence shows that consuming these nutrients might be associated with the hippocampal-dependent memory component of cognitive aging.
News
Potential new treatment for REM sleep behavior disorder
The disorder can signal risk for synucleinopathies, a group of neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease that involve the formation of...
Commentary
No expiration date for sex
What should clinicians do with this information? First, we could start talking about sex with our older patients.
News
Internet use a modifiable dementia risk factor in older adults?
“Online engagement can develop and maintain cognitive reserve – resiliency against physiological damage to the brain – and increased cognitive...
News
Preventing breaks and falls in older adults
“The idea that a “bone attack” is like a heart attack gets the message across.”
News
Number of cancer survivors with functional limitations doubled in 20 years
The 70% prevalence of functional limitation among survivors in 2018 is nearly twice that of the general population.
News
FDA approves first drug to treat Alzheimer’s agitation
“Agitation is one of the most common and challenging aspects of care among patients with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease.”