Geriatric Medicine News

Cases of tularemia — a relatively rare zoonotic disease — increased by nearly 60% in the United States from 2011 to 2022 compared with the preceding decade, according to CDC researchers.

A tai ji quan-based training program increased physical activity levels in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and increased risk for dementia, results from a secondary analysis of a randomized study showed.

A new guideline published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association summarizes best practices for specialists and primary care providers on how to evaluate patients with suspected Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders.

In older adults, particularly Black adults, elevated blood pressure variability was associated with lower cognitive score at follow up, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

In a draft recommendation statement, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said that vitamin D supplementation with or without calcium does not prevent falls in women who have gone through menopause and men aged 60 years and older.

The bivalent respiratory syncytial virus prefusion F, or RSVpreF, vaccine may prevent one hospitalization or ED visit tied to the infection for every 250 vaccinated older adults, an analysis showed.

The lower mortality rate experienced after age 85 years among Black adults in the United States persisted up to 100 years of age, a study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine showed.

The beneficial impact of physical activity on mortality risk remained consistent across the adult lifespan, even growing stronger later in life, according to study results published in JAMA Open Network.

More U.S. adults this year have been vaccinated against COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus compared with last year, although uptake of the vaccines remains low, researchers reported Thursday.