Geriatric Medicine News

The Mediterranean diet was associated with lower inflammation in older adults, a recent analysis showed.

Loss of smell, or olfactory dysfunction, may indicate an elevated risk for 5-year mortality, according to research published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

If trends in total and out-of-pocket expenditures continue, Medicaid patients may have increasing difficulty accessing primary care physicians in the future, according to researchers.

Researchers found high rates of asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in a multistate sample of skilled nursing facilities between March and July.

Among older adults taking at least two prescription medications, just one in four had a comprehensive mediation review with their pharmacist, according to findings from the National Poll on Healthy Aging conducted by the University of Michigan.

Monitoring of cognitive function may be warranted among middle- and older-aged individuals who sleep for 4 or fewer or 10 or more hours per night, according to results of a pooled cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Multivitamin and mineral supplementation may decrease the length and severity of illnesses such as respiratory infections in older adults, according to research published in Nutrients.

In the United States, rates of COVID-19 were 1.4 times higher than the national average in counties with higher-than-average Black and Hispanic populations, according to recent data.

About half of patients with Alzheimer’s disease experience back pain, but only eight North American medical schools offer courses on geriatric pain, data show.

An extract made from Curcuma longa, commonly known as turmeric, outperformed placebo for the treatment of osteoarthritis-related knee pain in older adults but had no significant impact on knee effusion-synovitis or cartilage composition, data showed.