The number of older adults is growing. But the number of geriatricians has fallen and other physicians have less training in ...

Dermatology Nursing. 2004;16(6):547-548. The adapted Beers' Criteria (HCFA Guidelines for Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Elderly) identifies medications noted by an expert panel to have ...

Purpose: Types of medication misunderstanding among community-dwelling elderly people were studied. Methods: Community-dwelling people who were at least 65 years of age and who volunteered to ...

Between 2010 and 2020, the number of Americans over the age of 65 grew faster than it had in more than 100 years. The American population is older than it’s ever been, with more than 55 million people ...

Mismatches between standard discharge and expert recommendations are linked to worse functional outcomes and higher 3-month ...

There is effective protection against hip fracture for the many elderly people whose skeleton is declining in strength, as a side effect of cortisone treatment. If patients receive the osteoporosis ...

Planning an enhanced telemedicine program for prostate cancer care: A qualitative assessment of patients,’ clinicians’, and other key stakeholders' interest and needs. Summary of medication ...

Geriatric medication management: Evaluation of pharmacist interventions and potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use in older (≥65 years) cancer patients No significant financial relationships ...

ORLANDO—Elderly patients have a higher incidence of drug-induced acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) than younger patients, according to study findings presented at the National Kidney Foundation’s ...

An expert in internal medicine and geriatrics, Dr. Scannell sees patients with a wide range of conditions affecting older adults, including complex geriatric syndromes. She specializes in caring for ...

Analysis of the medical records of 1,269 elderly patients with advanced cancer by researchers at the University of Tsukuba ...