Geriatric Medicine News

Substance use is increasing among elderly patients, a population also presenting with increasing needs related to comorbid psychiatric disorders, according to a presenter at the Psych Congress 2020 Virtual Experience conference.

Many older adults who are referred to home health care after hospitalization do not receive it, with Black and Hispanic patients receiving lower rates of care, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

Cala Trio, a wrist-worn device that stimulates wrist nerves to disrupt tremulous activity in the brain, safely and effectively reduced essential tremor in patients, data from a prospective study showed.

Nearly 12% of adults hospitalized for influenza also had an acute cardiovascular event, data show.

Adhering to a healthy diet was associated with a lower risk for co-occurring prodromal features of Parkinson’s disease, according to research published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Concussion was associated with an increased risk for being diagnosed with ADHD, mood and anxiety disorders, dementia and Parkinson’s disease later in life, according to a study published in Family Medicine and Community Health.

Researchers observed a U-shaped trend in age-adjusted mortality rates from neurological disorders from 1999 to 2017. The recent upward trend suggests these disorders are an “imminent threat to public health,” they wrote in JAMA Neurology.

Certain injury patterns in fall patients who present to the ED can indicate physical abuse of older adults, according to research published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Calcitonin gene-related peptide, or CGRP, monoclonal antibodies reduced headache frequency among a small cohort of older adults with migraine, data show.

Many older adults were not ready to shift to telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.