Geriatrics Journal Articles

• Testosterone and All-Cause Mortality in Older Men Is there an association between testosterone and mortality risk among older men -- and might the presence of metabolic syndrome play a role?
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, May 2018
• Deaths From Falls Among Persons Aged 65 and Older This report, which analyzed national and state-specific trends in deaths from falls among older adults, revealed a rising number of deaths from falls in this age group.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, May 2018
• Adherence to Mediterranean Diet Reduces Incident Frailty Risk Might adherence to a Mediterranean diet by older adults reduce the risk of frailty?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 2018
• The Global Incidence of Kaposi's Sarcoma in the HIV/AIDS Era A new review provides insight into the global incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma among HIV-infected individuals.
  HIV Medicine, May 2018
• Personality Changes From Cognitive Health to MCI At what point in the transition from pre-symptomatic Alzheimer disease to mild cognitive impairment do personality changes arise that might indicate future behavioral problems?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 2018
• Patient Views and the Design of Oral Care for Older People The paper explores approaches to facilitate partnerships between researchers, healthcare professionals, and patients in the design of healthcare services for older people, with a focus on oral health.
  BMC Oral Health, May 2018
• Injection Testosterone and Adverse Cardiovascular Events Is injection testosterone associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular events compared with other dosage forms?
  Clinical Endocrinology, May 2018
• Pain Assessment in the Older Population This commentary summarizes the revised evidence-based Guidelines on the Assessment of Pain in Older Adults which have been developed by the British Pain Society and British Geriatrics Society.
  Age and Ageing, May 2018
• New Directions in the Treatment of Glioblastoma Glioblastoma has a dismal prognosis, despite multimodality treatment, but new insights into GBM genomics and pathogenesis offer hope for the development of next-generation therapies.
  Seminars in Neurology, May 2018
• Clinical Features of Headache in Elderly Migraine Patients Do the symptoms and characteristics of migraine differ in the elderly compared with younger persons?
  Headache, May 2018
• A Sliding Scale to Predict Complications in Spinal Surgery The authors describe a newly developed sliding scale that may be useful for perioperative complication risk prediction in spinal deformity surgery.
  Spine, May 2018
• Geriatric Assessment for Older Patients With Cancer Not only can a geriatric assessment evaluate medical, psychosocial, and functional problems in older patients with cancer, it can also predict toxicity and guide interventions.
  Journal of Oncology Practice, May 2018
• Older Adult Music Listeners: Increased Engagement With Life? What role might music play in older adults' cognitive, physical, social, and spiritual functioning? How might listening to music relate to overall engagement with life and benefits to health?
  The Gerontologist, May 2018
• Mortality in Patients on Hemodiafiltration vs Hemodialysis Might hemodiafiltration patients realize better outcomes than those receiving hemodialysis?
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, May 2018
• Syncope, Hypotension, and Falls in Treatment of Hypertension Might the intensive BP treatment as recommended by the SPRINT trials result in an increased incidence of serious adverse events, specifically syncope, hypotension, and falls?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 2018
• A Cognitive Training and Psychosocial Intervention for MCI Can cognitive training improve the memory of persons with amnestic mild cognitive impairment?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 2018
• Pain As a Risk Factor for Common Mental Disorders This study examined the association of pain with the development of first or recurrent episodes of common mental disorders. Might pain management serve as a preventative in some cases?
  Pain, May 2018
• Geriatric Diabetes Care: Missed Opportunities to Avoid Harm How do primary care physicians tailor treatment for geriatric patients with diabetes? This study examined the impact of certain patient characteristics on their decision making.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, April 2018
• Animal-Assisted Intervention in the ICU Could offering animal visits in the ICU help provide a more humanized environment?
  Critical Care, April 2018
• Exercise and Cognitive Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease This study suggests that exercise may be effective in preserving the cognitive health of older adults at risk of or who have Alzheimer disease, with aerobic exercise providing the most benefit.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, April 2018