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

Geriatric patients reported lower pain scores for rib fracture than younger patients, contributing to the ideology that geriatric patients may underreport pain severity. A more nuanced approach to ...

Elderly patients have a higher tolerance for GERD symptoms compared with younger patients; therefore, these symptoms may be under-reported. Elderly patients have a higher tolerance for GERD symptoms ...

Computers found what human experts missed: a divide between aging biology research and patient care that decades of funding ...

Older adults are more likely to be misdiagnosed than other adults. Multiple conditions and medications can make it tricky. Geriatric ERs are an answer to this problem and they are catching on. It can ...

The Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry provides a comprehensive training experience in the Geriatric Psychiatry ...

The modern healthcare system operates on a fundamental belief that more testing equals better care, especially for older adults. This approach, while well-intentioned, has created an unexpected crisis ...

Although concurrent chemoradiotherapy (cCRT) increases survival in patients with inoperable, locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), there is no consensus on the treatment of elderly ...

Integration of Genomics Into Treatment: Are We There Yet? In summary, chronologic age is not a limiting factor for determining treatment of MM. Assessing patient fitness can be reconciled with use of ...

The New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, through a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, produced a 12-part, comprehensive curriculum for emergency medicine residents, entitled he Care ...