Geriatric Medicine News

The quality of life of patients with dementia and their caregivers can be improved through a collaborative telehealth care intervention that provides support over the phone and online, according to study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The amount of alcohol older adults consume affects their risk for dementia differently depending on whether they have mild cognitive impairment, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Following the discontinuation of a phase 3 trial of aducanumab, an anti-amyloid compound that showed potential as a disease-modifying therapy, or DMT, no DMTs exist to combat the Alzheimer disease epidemic, researchers wrote in a viewpoint published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Cologuard, a non-invasive colorectal cancer screening test, has been approved for use in at-risk patients aged 45 and older.

Over a 25-year period, the number of women enrolled in internal medicine residencies increased, but the prevalence of women in subspecialty fellowships decreased, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Poorer overall diet quality and lower vegetable protein intake increased the risk for frailty in old age, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Participation in an aerobic exercise training or a stretching and toning program was linked to improved performance on memory and executive function tests in previously sedentary patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment, or aMCI, study findings showed.

Researchers found that bispectral electroencephalography, or EEG, can predict patient outcomes, including mortality, in older hospitalized patients.

Within the next 30 years, the number of people with dementia is set to triple, according to WHO.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently concluded that the evidence is insufficient to recommend screening for cognitive impairment in asymptomatic older adults.