Geriatrics

Geriatrics or geriatric medicine[1] is a sub-specialty of internal medicine and family medicine that focuses on health care of elderly people.[2] It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. There is no set age at which patients may be under the care of a geriatrician or geriatric physician, a physician who specializes in the care of elderly people. Rather, this decision is determined by the individual patient's needs, and the availability of a specialist.

OARSI: CRP is prognostic marker in knee osteoarthritis

Posted on: 01/06/2015 - 22:26

SEATTLE – C-reactive protein is associated with the presence and progression of bone marrow lesions in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, according to data from a cohort study of 192 patients...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

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OARSI: Flex educational, motivational muscle when prescribing exercise for OA

Posted on: 29/05/2015 - 19:43

SEATTLE – A new study using an analytic framework grounded in behavior change theory shows several modifiable ways to help patients with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis to exercise, the most...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

OARSI: Chronic conditions complicate osteoarthritis treatment, compliance

Posted on: 29/05/2015 - 19:20

SEATTLE – Patients with osteoarthritis often have other common chronic conditions, a scenario that has implications for both clinical care and research, according to Dr. Gillian Hawker. “This is a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Digital handgrip helps self-recovery after stroke

Posted on: 28/05/2015 - 16:09

VIENNA – A digital handgrip developed by U.K. researchers allowed more patients with arm weakness caused by a stroke to self-rehabilitate than did the use of standard mobile device touch screen...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Subclinical hyperthyroidism linked to higher fracture risk

Posted on: 26/05/2015 - 17:27

Individuals with subclinical hyperthyroidism are at increased risk of hip and other fractures, according to the authors of a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

DXA screening: You’re doing it wrong

Posted on: 21/05/2015 - 17:35

Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry to screen for osteoporosis is both underused in women who meet the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force criteria for screening, and overused in low-risk younger women,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

SAEM: High-risk subtypes of delirium are easily missed

Posted on: 19/05/2015 - 21:39

SAN DIEGO – More than 10% of geriatric patients presenting to emergency departments have signs of delirium, but not all delirium in the ED is equal, based on two presentations at the annual...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Statins, fibrates lower stroke risk in elderly

Posted on: 19/05/2015 - 17:00

Both statin and fibrate therapies taken to improve lipid profiles decreased the risk of stroke by 30% in a community-dwelling population of elderly people, according to prospective European study...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Prevalence of amyloid pathology differs across dementia type and age

Posted on: 19/05/2015 - 16:29

The prevalence of amyloid pathology on PET imaging varies according to what type of dementia the patient has, patient age, and apolipoprotein E epsilon-4 (APOE e4) allele status, according to a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

OARSI: Hydroxychloroquine disappoints in hand osteoarthritis

Posted on: 15/05/2015 - 17:34

SEATTLE – Hydroxychloroquine is not efficacious for treating primary hand osteoarthritis, according to results from the first randomized trial to te... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

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