America's aging population faces a growing shortage of geriatric care
For a variety of reasons, geriatric care experts told BI it's been hard attracting new doctors to the field. It's a problem ...
How UTIs Became One of the Most Common Misdiagnoses in American Medicine
"A urine test is easy to order—but that doesn’t mean it’s always the right thing to do," writes Dr. Nick Schneeman.
McKnight's Long-Term Care News3d
Older adults may need to shift blood sugar targets, research suggests
Staying on top of blood sugar levels is important especially in people with diabetes, but sticking to adult ranges may not be ...
Physician's Weekly4d
Comprehensive Imaging in Geriatric Trauma for Injury Detection
The following is a summary of "Pan Scan for Geriatric Trauma Patients: Overkill or Necessary?," published in the February ...
Medscape7d
The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 699-706. Kurlowicz, L.H., & NICHE Faculty (1997). Nursing Stand or Practice Protocol: Depression in Elderly Patients. Geriatric Nursing, 18, 192-199 NIH ...