Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — “Geriatric problems” can lead to adverse events among older patients with chronic kidney disease, but ...

According to the WHO’s ICOPE protocol, healthy aging involves preserving not just mobility but also the ability to make ...

Predicting treatment risk using geriatric assessment and genetic profiling for AML may impact early rates of mortality among patients aged 60 years or older. Geriatric assessment showed a high rate of ...

If you want to know what’s wrong with the way we provide healthcare to older adults, look no further than a patient I’ll call “Mrs. J.” She’s 75 years old and lives with her son and his extended ...

The Trump administration has restored promised funds to a program that teaches people in health care how to work with aging Americans.

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom — "Cancer care in the elderly must include a geriatrician," according to Margot Gosney, MD, professor of elderly care medicine at Reading University in the United Kingdom.

A new study reveals that appetite loss affects one in four older adults even before they develop malnutrition, suggesting it may serve as an early warning sign of health decline. The research, ...

Thirty-five years ago, Jerry Gurwitz was among the first physicians in the United States to be credentialed as a geriatrician — a doctor who specializes in the care of older adults. “I understood the ...

Efforts to optimize care delivery and outcomes for older adults with cancer must effectively address these patients' distinct geriatric and palliative care needs. In this article, we first discuss the ...

Older adults with cognitive frailty – a condition combining physical weakness and mental decline – face sleep problems that may seriously affect their health and quality of life, according to new ...

How Did a Multi-Institutional Trial Show Feasibility of Electronic Data Capture in Older Patients With Cancer? Results From a Multi-Institutional Qualitative Study (Alliance A171902) A total of one ...

Mental health and physical health are a two-way street. As we get older, our physical health can often decline. That could mean adjusting to new health problems, having less independence, or adapting ...