Geriatricians are regular doctors who have additional training in treating older adults, especially those ages 65 years and up, who often have complex medical issues. They focus on keeping you ...

"Physicians are often accused of providing too much care to elderly patients at the end of life, but there's evidence that these patients also get far too little care before reaching that point," a ...

A free tool aims to increase oncologists’ use of formal geriatric assessments (GAs) in older patients with cancer. Such assessments seek to measure factors beyond age that can affect a patient’s risk ...

Convergence of Geriatrics and Palliative Care to Deliver Personalized Supportive Care for Older Adults With Cancer The rapidly growing number of older adults being diagnosed with and surviving cancer ...

A multidisciplinary effort to improve care for older patients who arrive at the emergency room with a hip fracture has decreased the time before they have surgery, shortened hospital stays, and ...

FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy is feasible in selected elderly patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, though toxicity ...

As Americans live longer, there's a dire need to create an age-friendly health care system. But right now, there aren't enough doctors specializing in geriatrics to care for older adults. In CBS News ...