The plans are part of a move by the Health Secretary to shift treatment away from hospitals and into the community ...

State regulators faulted two hospitals in Southern California for medication errors that put patients at risk, including an elderly patient who suffered a brain bleed after receiving repeated ...

The AGS Beers Criteria is renowned for flagging "potentially inappropriate medications" (PIMs). These are drugs that may ...

Multiple myeloma is predominantly a disease of the elderly, with the median age at diagnosis about 70; one-third of patients ...

Elderly Patients, Inguinal Hernia, Treatment Options, Surgical Methods, Mesh, Non-Surgical Treatment Share and Cite: Mo, Q.Y. and Huang, Q.L. (2025) Research Progress on Treatment Options for Inguinal ...

A new randomized clinical trial found that reducing medications for elderly hospital patients is safe but doesn't necessarily lead to better health outcomes. The research, published in JAMA ...

Ensuring older hospital patients receive specialized medication management could reduce their stay in hospital and potentially lower their risk of death, according to new research conducted by ...

As a doctor, I want patients, especially elderly ones, to have access to non-opioid drugs While our federal lawmakers continue to discuss the Alternatives to Prevent Addiction in the Nation (PAIN ...

Information recorded by nurses during home visits in 2019 revealed that 17.2% of patients diagnosed with ADRD were prescribed at least one antipsychotic medication—despite not being diagnosed ...

Do doctors harbor negative stereotypes of older patients, offering them substandard care simply because they are old? Many physicians contend the issue isn't black and white. See what they had to say.