Geriatric depression, pain respond to various drugs

ORLANDO – Duloxetine for the treatment of late-life depression missed its primary end point in a recent large randomized trial, but it did result in consistently significant clinical improvement,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

MCI confers increased risk of death

Patients with mild cognitive impairment were 80% more likely to die over a 6-year period than cognitively normal patients. The risks were significantly elevated for both patients with amnestic and...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Harness the ‘placebo’ in late-life depression

ORLANDO – The bad news about antidepressant therapy for patients whose first episode of depression occurs in late life is that the randomized trials show it’s no better than placebo. The good news is...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Key points in managing late-life anxiety

ORLANDO – Do SSRIs actually work for late-life generalized anxiety disorder? "I think the answer is, ‘Yes, a little.’ The benefits are limited in the randomized controlled trials and in my own...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Elderly suicide prevention: Focus on housing transition

ORLANDO – Transition to an assisted-living facility or nursing home is a period of high risk for suicide among the elderly – as well as an opportunity for preventive intervention. That was the key...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Memory-disorder care program costs little but saves much

WASHINGTON – A collaborative care program that supports both Alzheimer’s patients and caregivers saved an Indiana health care system more than $1 million during its initial yearlong test period. The...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

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