Geriatric Medicine News

Adults aged over 65 years who took thiazides for hypertension had an increased risk for keratinocyte carcinoma and melanoma, according to results of a population-based cohort study.

A nationally representative cohort study estimated that 5 million older adults in the U.S. who have difficulty performing self-care tasks or are at risk for falls lack access to grab bars, shower seats and other assistive devices.

Rural primary care physicians reported comfortability with remote consultation for older patients with depression but wanted more collegial communication with these consultants, according to study findings.

Older adults recently diagnosed with dementia or mild cognitive impairment were at increased risk for suicide attempt, according to results of a nationwide cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, is common among older adults with cognitive impairment, and it was associated lower scores on cognition tests and poorer sleep quality, researchers reported.

Low socioeconomic status, worse physical health and less resiliency predicted loneliness among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of a cross-sectional national survey.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced that the “balance of benefits and harms cannot be determined” in screening asymptomatic adults older than 50 years for hearing loss.

About half of the first-year positions that were offered in the 2021 Main Residency Match were in primary care, family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics, and most of these positions have been filled, according to the National Resident Matching Program.

Electronic monitoring, using caps that record when a pill bottle is opened, contradicts pill counts in measuring drug adherence among patients aged 65 years and older with rheumatoid arthritis, according to data published in Rheumatology.

Many older adults do not recognize potential adverse events associated with their new medications, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.