Geriatric Medicine News

Cathleen M. McCabe, MD, and Laura B. Enyedi, MD, talk with Jaya B. Kumar, MD, FASRS, and Jullia A. Rosdahl, MD, PhD, about addressing physician suicide and destigmatizing mental health. Plus, they share their favorite resilience hacks.

The more steps that older women took per day, the more they lowered their risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

Increasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity among individuals aged 40 years or older in the United States may prevent thousands of deaths per year, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Middle-aged and older adults with confirmed, probable or suspected COVID-19, even mild cases, experienced worsened mobility and functioning outcomes following infection, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Opioid overdose deaths among older adults increased significantly from 1999 to 2019, especially among non-Hispanic Black men, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

CMS has proposed a National Coverage Determination decision memorandum specifying “coverage with evidence development” for FDA-approved monoclonal antibodies targeting amyloid for treating Alzheimer’s disease.

Vitamin D3 supplementation, when taken in amounts that exceeded the recommended daily allowance, did not lower the occurrence of major CVD events or invasive cancer among older adults, data from a 5-year randomized controlled trial showed.

The Self-Administered Gerocognitive Examination identified signs of dementia in patients 6 months earlier than the Mini-Mental State Examination, according to results from a cohort study published in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy.

The number of people with dementia worldwide could increase 166%, from about 57.4 million people in 2019 to 152.8 million people in 2050, data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study showed.

In this episode, E. Wes Ely, MD, MPH, discusses the value of human connection with patients, reflects on the values of hope and mercy in patient care, and reads key excerpts from his book, Every Deep-Drawn Breath.