Geriatric Medicine News

The FDA on Wednesday approved the world’s first vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus, which followed years of failed attempts by scientists to develop one.

SEATTLE — Antibiotic use in long-term care facilities declined significantly over the course of almost a decade, although there was an uptick in 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a study found.

A 78-year-old man presents after his wife makes an appointment because her husband has become more withdrawn and depressed.

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For older adults, yoga improved lower extremity strength and gait speed, but it did not appear to offer more benefits for frailty markers than other forms of exercise, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

In older adults with treatment-resistant depression, antidepressant augmentation improved well-being significantly over 10 weeks compared with switching medications and was associated with higher incidence of remission.

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.