Senior Health
Geriatrics is a sub-specialty of internal medicine and family medicine that focuses on health care of elderly people. It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. There is no set age at which patients may be under the care of a geriatrician, or physician who specializes in the care of elderly people. Rather, this decision is determined by the individual patient's needs.
Senior Health Stories
United States demographics are changing as more white people die than are born in 17 states.
Many diseases and health conditions make it easier to bleed and bruise, which can sometimes be life-threatening if they're not addressed.
Do you wonder what happens when a body decomposes? It's as gross as you imagine.
Do we really understand how multivitamins affect overall health?
The adversity we face during our lives, especially as children, may contribute to faster cellular aging, suggests new research.
What's your sweat trying to tell you? Perspiration could lead the way in future wearable technology.
Even if you're halfway to 100, you can still put the pedal to the metal and start running, says the AARP.
Science hasn't figured out aging yet, but it has some ideas about the things that may increase longevity.
Researchers find that elderly abuse in nursing homes is perpetrated by other residents as well as staff.
How does ethnicity and race influence a person's feelings on physician-assisted suicide?
Older folks are not risk-averse, it's more that they find the reward not worth the gamble.
What do doctors do at the end of their lives?