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
Too afraid to think about death, we avoid making necessary choices about how to manage our savings during retirement.
Living out your last days at home may provide you with a few more ticks of the clock, a new study finds.
Transcranial direct current stimulation is an effective secondary treatment for patients recovering from stroke.
Yoga helped reduce blood pressure and heart rate in people diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: study.
Older Latino adults who partake in Latin dancing could reap its benefits, from boosting walking speed to physical fitness.
The CDC is investigating 18 deaths and 44 cases of infection from Elizabethkingia, a type of bacteria that is often antibiotic-resistant, in Wisconsin.
Adopting a positive attitude toward growing old might help us live longer.
Older men are having more sex than older women; though some seniors feel more "open," others say a partner's poor health gets in the way.
The greatest number of HIV-related Google searches ever recorded in US history occurred the day Charlie Sheen told the world he was HIV positive.
The more medical help family caregivers provide their elderly relatives, the greater the toll it takes on their well-being.
Americans who want to live 100 need to prioritize both healthy living and finances, survey says.
Older men can reduce their risk for falling by more than 35 percent with a little exercise, however, physical activity doesn’t seem to have the same effect on older women.