Clinical Topics

Slideshows

Medicare beneficiary use of telehealth services reached nearly 9 million as COVID-19 shut down on-site visits. Will the options be permanent? 

Medicare Use of Telehealth During COVID-19

Our app reviewer picked out the top 5 apps in geriatric care. Scroll through our quick slideshow to get the highlights. 

Top 5 Geriatric Medicine Apps for Primary Care Providers

Can a physician's age affect treatment outcome? It did in this study of hospitalized elderly patients.

Better Hospital Outcomes with Younger Treating Physicians?

Articles

Take a minute to test your knowledge of the latest findings on key health issues in older persons. 

Geriatrics Quiz: New Answers to Old Questions

Recent research on the health of older persons uncovers news both good and sobering. See highlights of 10 studies in our slides. 

The New Old: 10 Updates on Geriatric Health 

Bullous pemphigoid, varicose veins, dermatomyositis, myasthenia gravis, coma bullae, xerosis, atrophie blanche, Grover disease-a review of age-related clinical concerns and how to recognize them.

Treating Geriatric Woes Never Gets Old: A Photo Essay

Even moderate amounts of exercise can lower the risk of death in older men with high blood pressure, a new study shows.

Older Hypertensive Men Can Lower Death Risk With Exercise

Rising medication use and polypharmacy, along with physiological changes in older patients, greatly increase their risk of medication-related problems and adverse events.

Medication Errors in Adults-Case #8: Geriatric Patients

Many older adults have several related medical problems that have various causes and involve many parts of the body, complicating patient care. This week’s photo quiz offers some common geriatric presentations to test your knowledge.