Homeostasis of fluid balance is an important prerequisite for healthy aging. The high prevalence of disturbances of fluid balance among older adult patients has triggered clinical research on age- and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experts' discussions and recommendations addressing the interface between cancer and heart disease were published this month in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society summarizing sessions from ...

With over 140 million people aged 60 and above, and projections suggesting this number will almost double by 2050, we are facing a quiet, yet important demographic shift. Despite this, our medical ...

Twenty-five years ago, there were about 35 million Americans age 65 or older and about 10,000 board certified specialists in geriatric medicine to care for them. Today, there about 60 million older ...

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We firmly believe these proposed measures will help build a better, safer, more age-friendly environment for geriatric patients and will help patients and caregivers know where to get good care that ...

Geriatrics and gerontology address the biological, clinical and social dimensions of ageing. Gerontology investigates the mechanisms by which organisms age, drawing on molecular and cellular biology ...

Geriatric medicine fellowships in other states have also struggled to find doctors interested in the field, according to the ...

WELLESLEY, MA, and WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA – February 13, 2019 – HealthDrive, a leader in delivering integrated specialty healthcare services to residents of long-term care, skilled nursing, and assisted ...