Senior citizens who are taking several medications are less likely regain independence after rehabilitating from hospital ...

It may be possible to give older people better care during emergency room (ER) visits while keeping costs down for insurers and hospitals. A recent study revealed that geriatric nurse specialist ...

A national pilot program designed to improve outcomes for elderly surgical patients is scalable and can be implemented in a wide range of hospital types - from community hospitals to urban academic ...

The largest study to date on the effects of alcohol intake among seniors has turned up mixed results: On one hand, moderate consumption significantly decreases the risk of developing dementia. However ...

FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy is feasible in selected elderly patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, though toxicity ...

A recent study found that community-dwelling older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were more likely to experience geriatric conditions. In a study published in Frontiers in ...

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 ...

Depression and loneliness can be prevented using structured telephone-based psychological care, delivered over eight weeks, according to new research. A large team of social scientists, psychologists ...

Carboplatin Plus Paclitaxel Versus Carboplatin Plus Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin As First-Line Treatment for Patients With Ovarian Cancer: The MITO-2 Randomized Phase III Trial The management of ...

Doctors are not interested in the elderly despite the fact that 50% of the total cases coming to most of the super specialty hospitals are geriatric. HYDERABAD: Doctors are not interested in the ...

UB has received a grant of $1,999,200 from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation of Las Vegas to establish a Geriatric Center of Excellence in its School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The four-year ...

At the Beit Shirley senior residential and day care facility in Dimona, the staff has installed motion sensors to help cut falling incidents by half. But it’s the addition of a backup system that ...