Geriatric Medicine News

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.

In older adults with dementia, Black patients were less likely to receive a diagnosis than white patients, with the difference increasing over 3 years following symptom onset, according to a recent study.

Pharmaceutical companies Biogen and Eisai announced results from a phase 3 trial that demonstrated treatment with lecanemab reduced cognitive decline by 27% after 18 months compared with placebo.

The daily use of multivitamin-mineral supplements improved global cognition, episodic memory and executive function in older adults, researchers reported in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of The Alzheimer’s Association.

Low levels of physical activity, such as 10 minutes of walking per day, may reduce all-cause mortality in those aged 85 years or more compared with those who do not walk at all, a speaker reported.