Geriatrics or geriatric medicine[1] is a sub-specialty of internal medicine and family medicine that focuses on health care of elderly people.[2] It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. There is no set age at which patients may be under the care of a geriatrician or geriatric physician, a physician who specializes in the care of elderly people. Rather, this decision is determined by the individual patient's needs, and the availability of a specialist.

Proposed PMR guidelines aim to standardize therapy

PARIS – New international guidelines for polymyalgia rheumatica will focus on standardizing treatment practice across specialties. When adopted, the proposed guidelines will succeed those published...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
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VIDEO: Best practices in treating low testosterone in men

LAS VEGAS – Analysis of data from a company that provides therapy for low testosterone showed that the treatment was not associated with a higher risk of myocardial infarction and stroke in men, and...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Poor vibratory sense contributes to OA knee instability

PARIS – Impaired vibratory sense and muscle strength may be important risk factors for knee instability in persons with or at risk for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, according to an analysis of a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

PCPs all over the map in conservative OA therapy use

PARIS – Use of conservative, nonpharmacologic osteoarthritis therapies was relatively low and varied considerably across 10 primary care clinics within the same U.S. health care system. In seven of...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

What puts C. diff patients at greater readmission risk?

CHICAGO – More and more elderly people are getting infected with Clostridium difficile, and many get readmitted to the hospital after initial treatment for this potentially deadly diarrheal...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Geriatric depression, pain respond to various drugs

ORLANDO – Duloxetine for the treatment of late-life depression missed its primary end point in a recent large randomized trial, but it did result in consistently significant clinical improvement,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

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