Geriatrics News

Elderly patients are at increased risk for cognitive decline and falls, yet these occurrences are often not brought up during appointments by either patients or health care providers, representing a significant number of missed opportunities to address issues of quality of life and potential morbidity associated with aging.

Older adults with incident cancer had higher memory function and slower memory decline before and after their diagnosis than similarly aged individuals who remained cancer free, a study published in JAMA Network Open showed.

A review published in World Psychiatry revealed that the internet is affecting our brains and cognition, particularly regarding attentional capacities, memory processes and social interactions.

Sodium benzoate was ineffective for the treatment of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, according to a 6-week, randomized controlled trial published in Journal of Psychopharmacology.

Patients with ACS aged at least 75 years with cognitive impairment had elevated risk for mortality and rehospitalization after 3 months, according to findings published in Heart.

Galantamine may also someday help treat opioid addiction, according to results published in The American Journal on Addictions.

PHILADELPHIA — For patients with Alzheimer’s disease, adding memantine to cholinesterase inhibitor therapy reduced neuropsychiatric symptoms and improved cognition, according to abstracts presented at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.

May is Mediterranean Diet Month, according to the American Diabetes Association’s Facebook page.

Approximately 25% of physician-patient encounters at an academic outpatient geriatrics practice did not result in depression screening and follow-up, even though doing so is recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, according to data presented at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

Older adults who had a concussion, and also received statins, had a slightly reduced risk for developing dementia later in life, according to findings recently published in JAMA Neurology.