Geriatric Medicine News

An FDA advisory committee recommend the approval of two respiratory syncytial virus vaccines for older people, who are among the most susceptible to severe disease, hospitalization and death from the infection.

SAN DIEGO — Older men with MS who used androgen-modifying treatments experienced last disease activity at a later age compared with women and men who refrained from these treatments, according to a poster at ACTRIMS 2023.

Older patients with rheumatic diseases are less to report “vigorous” levels of physical activity, compared with other age groups, which may lead to more lifestyle difficulties, according to data published in The Journal of Rheumatology.

Since the first death in the United States on Feb. 29, 2020, a total of 1,076,549 Americans have died as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Lower grip strength was associated with faster biological aging among men and women, a recent study published in the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia, and Muscle found.

Dementia prevalence dropped 3.7 percentage points in the U.S. from 2000 to 2016, according to a RAND Corporation study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Among adults hospitalized with acute MI, Black patients presented with a more “geriatric” phenotype with more functional impairments than white patients despite being younger, researchers reported.

SAN DIEGO — Weight loss through caloric restriction can improve cardiometabolic risk, chronic conditions and physical function for older adults with obesity, but certain factors should be considered when designing an intervention.

SAN DIEGO — Older individuals experience reduced immune activity and increased inflammation that often resemble rheumatic and autoimmune diseases, according to data presented at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

Animal therapy and technological interventions in long-term care facilities were shown to improve loneliness in older adults, a systematic review published in JAMA Network Open showed.