All of this disproportionately affects the elderly. In a 2023 study of patients with a median age of 75, approximately 30% of ...

Geriatricians are regular doctors who have additional training in treating older adults, especially those ages 65 years and up, who often have complex medical issues. They focus on keeping you ...

The geriatric depression scale is a self-reported screening survey to help detect depression in older adults. There’s a short version with 15 questions and a long version with 30. The geriatric ...

Researchers from Kaiser Permanente in Denver have concluded that targeted age-specific computerized alerts can reduce the number of D-dimer testing needed in elderly patients, according to the study’s ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Developed by Research Institute of Brain Activation and the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology, Brain Assessment is an online cognitive function test for healthy ...

A phase II clinical study of interleukin-11 mutein to treat patients with chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia. Background: The aim of this prospective, double-blind study was to evaluate sensitivity ...

Getting to a doctor’s office can be a struggle for seniors with complex health problems or a lack of transportation. But some health professionals want to see if they can improve access to geriatric ...

In five years of writing for various audiences, Uche has learned to simplify career-focused content for ambitious learners regardless of their qualifications. Her work is published in notable ...

Real-world outcomes in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) receiving dual immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI-ICI) regimens or immune checkpoint inhibitor and tyrosine kinase inhibitor ...