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.

Alzheimer’s a winner in federal spending bill

Posted on: 17/12/2014 - 22:25

*Article updated 12/18/14 The massive $1.1 trillion spending bill that was approved by Congress before it left for an extended recess included several provisions aimed at bolstering...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Open TAA repair surpasses TEVAR survival

Posted on: 12/12/2014 - 16:46

CHICAGO – Endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms confers an immediate but short-lived survival advantage over open repair that completely disappears and then reverses 4.5 years after...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Vitamin D landscape marked by lack of consensus

Posted on: 08/12/2014 - 21:14

If you’re stumped about what to tell patients who ask you if they should be adding supplemental vitamin D to their diet, you’re not alone. Speaker after speaker at a public conference on vitamin D...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Polypharmacy linked to increased AFib bleeding

Posted on: 04/12/2014 - 15:49

CHICAGO – Atrial fibrillation patients treated with an anticoagulant plus four or more other medications had significantly more bleeding complications than did those on fewer medications in a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

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