Housing insecurity is associated with increased risk of geriatric conditions and mortality
1. Poor housing affordability and poor housing quality were associated with the development of geriatric conditions and mortality over 5 ...
Tag: geriatrics
2 Minute Medicine Rewind May 4, 2026
Impact of Cannabis Edibles Combined With Alcohol on Driving, Field Sobriety Performance, and Subjective Effects: A Within-Participant Crossover Trial 1. ...
A multidisciplinary home-based intervention may reduce risk of falls after stroke
1. The tailored, multidisciplinary home‑based program significantly reduced the rate of falls after stroke by about one‑third, while also improving ...
A telephone-based intervention reduced loneliness and improved well-being among older adults
1. Four weeks of telephone-delivered behavioral activation and mindfulness interventions by lay counsellors were associated with reduced loneliness and improved ...
Polypharmacy is associated with higher risk of mortality and hospitalizations among older adults
1. Polypharmacy was associated with a higher risk of mortality and hospitalization at one-year and five-years among older adults aged ...
A guided mobile application may validly and efficiently assess sarcopenia and frailty in elderly patients
1. A guided mobile application can validly and efficiently assess frailty and sarcopenia with results comparable to a comprehensive geriatric ...
Neighbourhood socioeconomic status may be associated with days spent at home following hip fracture in older adults
1. Among older adults with a fall-related hip fracture, residence in an economically deprived area was associated with fewer days ...
Limiting antihypertensive use does not reduce mortality in nursing home residents with frailty
1. In this randomized clinical trial, among older nursing home residents with frailty who were being treated for hypertension with ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind July 7, 2025
A Prescribed Digital Health App and Number of Migraine Days 1. Among adult patients with migraine headaches, the use of ...
No difference between pharmacologic treatments in age-related macular degeneration risk reduction
1. In this retrospective cohort of individuals with dementia, there was no statistically significant difference between donepezil or memantine compared ...
