Geriatrics

Certain labels given to patients who present to ERs, often without acute issues to address, can lead to a ‘downgrading’ of care.

Sarah Faber said her work on how healthy brains respond to music as they age creates a baseline for future research on people who have Alzheimer’s or dementia to better understand those diseases.

Fractures sharply increase mortality risks in older patients—and once they have one, the risk of a second fracture soon after also rises.

Caution and additional monitoring are advised when initiating antihypertensive medication in this vulnerable population.

It’s time for it—and Toronto’s University Health Network is leading the way.

Seventeen new recommendations from the Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health.

Denmark study finds no increased risk of 28 adverse events following vaccination with a monovalent XBB.1.5-containing vaccine given as a fifth dose to adults 65 years or older.