The American Board of Internal Medicine began the Choosing Wisely Campaign to encourage communication between patients and their healthcare providers and enable patients to choose healthcare that is ...

Credit: Getty Images Dr Erika Ramsdale discusses the risks and complications of polypharmacy in older adults, an increasingly prevalent medication management and public health issue. As the global ...

Analysis of the medical records of 1,269 elderly patients with advanced cancer by researchers at the University of Tsukuba ...

prescription medicine Older adults are especially prone to inappropriate polypharmacy because they commonly have multiple medical problems and see a variety of specialists. It may be time for ...

Taking five or more medications increased the risk of death, hospitalizations and ER visits in elderly patients with colorectal cancer. Recent research found an association between polypharmacy — ...

An exercise intervention aimed at elderly women was successful at reducing falls, especially among those with polypharmacy, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University ...

Some boomers are on multiple medications. Combinations of those drugs could have serious side effects. Getty Images / Sporrer/Rupp Baby boomers – that’s anyone born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964 – ...

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A Call for Improving the Quality of Cancer Care in Geriatric Patients A review of geriatric assessment tools and their role in assessing older patients with cancer before and after treatment. For many ...

An exercise intervention aimed at elderly women was successful at reducing falls, especially among those with polypharmacy, a new study shows. An exercise intervention aimed at elderly women was ...