Geriatric care for LGBTQ+ adults who live in rural communities requires cultural competence training and diverse health care teams.
The University of Missouri School of Medicine honored Carl Myers, MD, as the inaugural recipient of the Dean’s Distinguished Service Award.
Please visit or call the Senior Center at 858-756-3041 to register for in-person classes. 4-week series Learn to Play Canasta with Rachel Jacobsohn ...
Geri Care Health Services secured Rs 110 crore from InvAscent to expand its senior-focused healthcare services in South India. The investment will enable the launch of new facilities and the ...
Marilyn R. Gugliucci, MA, PhD, FAGHE, FGSA, AGSF, FNAOME, of the University of New England (UNE) College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) has been installed as the new president of the Gerontological ...
A bipartisan bill to allow proxy voting for members of Congress who are pregnant or with newborns is gaining momentum in the ...
This is obviously bad news for the elderly. Just as the human body and brain are fundamentally different in childhood, so too do they differ in old age. Immunological functioning weakens, muscle mass ...
The American population is older than it’s ever been, with more than 55 million people over 65. But those who live well into ...
But many doctors don’t learn enough about these differences in medical schools, the majority of which don’t report requiring a geriatric rotation. This also means a missed opportunity for ...
In the United States, a country plagued by disparate health outcomes across its geographic regions, relative physician “deserts” (i.e., regions with limited access to physicians) mirror many ...
Major medical groups are proposing a change to how doctors diagnose obesity. In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 58 international experts across a range of medical ...
So, when applying to medical school, she was thrilled to discover a new, small school founded specifically to train primary care doctors: NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine. Lo Cascio ...