IMN || Geriatric Medicine

Stepwise approach improves diagnostic accuracy in polymyalgia rheumatica

Posted on: 18/09/2014 - 20:42

LAS VEGAS – Up to 30% of patients diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica actually have a different disease, according to Dr. Eric L. Matteson. The proximal pain and stiffness syndrome, which is a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: A fib screening finds 5% of elderly undiagnosed

Posted on: 16/09/2014 - 19:07

BARCELONA – Roughly 5% of people aged 75 years or older have undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, based on a population-based screening study in Sweden

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Most advanced dementia patients get unnecessary meds

Posted on: 08/09/2014 - 21:00

Most nursing home residents with advanced dementia receive "medications of questionable benefit," given that they are terminally ill and that the goal of their care should be comfort rather...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Disposable, self-administered new anal insert device effective for anal leakage

Posted on: 03/09/2014 - 16:30

WASHINGTON – A single-use, self-administered anal insert made of soft silicone was effective and safe in reducing episodes of accidental bowel leakage, in a multi-center, prospective open-label...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Disposable, self-administered new anal insert device effective for anal leakage

Posted on: 03/09/2014 - 16:30

WASHINGTON – A single-use, self-administered anal insert made of soft silicone was effective and safe in reducing episodes of accidental bowel leakage, in a multi-center, prospective open-label...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Disposable, self-administered new anal insert device effective for anal leakage

Posted on: 03/09/2014 - 16:30

WASHINGTON – A single-use, self-administered anal insert made of soft silicone was effective and safe in reducing episodes of accidental bowel leakage, in a multi-center, prospective open-label...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Multimorbidity and polypharmacy in the elderly: lessons from REPOSI

Posted on: 02/09/2014 - 21:47

What the internist has learnt from REPOSI? In the third millennium, internists and geriatricians must acquire a leading role, together with primary care physi- cians, in order to make health care systems fit for the management of an aging population. Are we ready for this formidable task? The... more

Field of Interest: General

Type: News Item

Unnecessary cancer screening "substantial" in U.S.

Posted on: 18/08/2014 - 21:00

A substantial proportion of older adults in the United States undergo unnecessary and even harmful screening for colon, prostate, breast, and cervical cancer, contrary to clear guidelines that are...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Unnecessary cancer screening "substantial" in U.S.

Posted on: 18/08/2014 - 21:00

A substantial proportion of older adults in the United States undergo unnecessary and even harmful screening for colon, prostate, breast, and cervical cancer, contrary to clear guidelines that are...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Unnecessary cancer screening "substantial" in U.S.

Posted on: 18/08/2014 - 21:00

A substantial proportion of older adults in the United States undergo unnecessary and even harmful screening for colon, prostate, breast, and cervical cancer, contrary to clear guidelines that are...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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