An AI model designed to automate assessment of delirium risk increased the number of detected cases among hospitalized older ...

Researchers have provided robust scientific evidence that ailments like depression, high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, ...

Quick facts Dirty gardening tools and pots can spread disease from an infected plant to a healthy one. Properly cleaning and disinfecting tools and containers can reduce the spread of plant diseases.

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a multi-dimensional, multi-disciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic process conducted to determine the medical, mental, and functional problems of older ...

Advanced maternal age, or geriatric pregnancy, refers to people who become pregnant at age 35 or older. The majority of healthy people who get pregnant in their late 30s, and even into their early 40s ...

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“If you like people, I mean really like people, you will like geriatric medicine. When I was younger, I was very taken by Jacques Cousteau and wanted to be a marine biologist.

No single measure has proved to be the gold standard in the diagnosis of dehydration. Here, a few key ways of measuring dehydration in older patients are presented.

Introduction Hospital readmission is a burden to patients, relatives and society. Older patients with frailty are at highest risk of readmission and its negative outcomes. Objective We aimed at ...

Community-based geriatric assessment supports independence and improved QoL while reducing acute care needs in older adults.

Nurse practitioners are bridging the gap in geriatric care as the demand for senior health services increases and the number of trained geriatricians plummets.

The trend mashes chunky sneakers with formal loafers, creating a comfortable, if geriatric-looking, office-ready sneaker.