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Morbidity from ischaemic heart disease increases as patients age, and the burden of angina in elderlyindividuals can severely reduce their quality of life. The most common interventions are angioplasty,stenting, and coronary artery bypass…
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Urinary retention after stroke is common and the mechanism is multifactorial. The management issimilar to its that of any other cause. In the majority of patients, it resolves with time and the overallprognosis seems favourable.
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive disorder of the retina in older adults. DryAMD, characterised by deposits in the fundus, does not cause significant vision loss. But if it progressesto advanced AMD, it can cause…
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The lifetime risk for the development of ovarian cancer is one in 48 (2·1%) and according to recent statistics epithelial ovarian cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed form of gynaecological cancer in women.
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Coronary artery disease remains one of the leading causes of mortality in the UK, accounting for more than one in four of all deaths. Since the prevalence of coronary artery disease increases with age, as our population grows older a larger…
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Clinicians should recognise that older patients are often sexually active and, therefore, at risk of sexually transmitted infections. Syphilis and HIV are two such infections with particular relevance in an older population, since the…
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Pain in older patients is often poorly treated. Some patients have a tendency to under-report their symptoms or are unable to communicate their pain. Clinicians do not always adequately investigate pain or are unaware of non-verbal cues of…
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Coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease are the two main forms of cardiovascular disease. In 2003 there was a totalof 58,420 deaths in Scotland. Cardiovascular disease accounted for 38% and cancer for 26%.This article discusses…
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The management of pain for older people with cancer is complex and multimodal. Older individuals are more likely than younger people to have other medical problems and disabilities; comorbidities may be a predictor of poorer pain control,…
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Parkinson's disease remains a clinical diagnosis and a reminder of the UK brain bank criteria can help ensure that our clinicaldiagnoses maintain a reasonable level of specificity. DaTSCANs„¢ can be helpful where diagnostic uncertainty…
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