Geriatric Medicine

Healthcare professionals should consider patients aged 65 or older, and those aged over 50 with underlying conditions such as stroke, at high risk of falling while in hospital care, according to updated guidelines from NICE.

A major report highlights the urgent challenge facing eye health services and calls on NHS England to appoint a National Clinical Director for Eye Health.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) has called for a halt in the development of 'ageless' mental health services because they could threaten the quality of care provided to older people.

In the midst of complex legal arguments for and against assisted suicide, one must not ignore the person with his or her emotions, feelings and thoughts, who is involved.

Adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can now be offered a treatment specifically licensed for their condition after the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency authorised the use of Strattera.

Licensed nicotine products, such as patches and gum, should be offered to people who smoke and are struggling to quit to help them cut down on cigarettes, according to NICE. 

The European Medicines Agency's (EMA): Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion for Pomalidomide in combination with dexamethasone for the treatment of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma

NICE's decision to recommend Eylea as an additional treatment option for those with wet AMD has been welcomed by the optical community.

Continuing professional development (CPD) is a continuing learning process that enables doctors to maintain and improve their performance across all areas of their professional work.

Brain tumours account for less than 2% of all primary neoplasms, but have high mortality and so represent a high cancer burden in the adult population. The rehabilitation of patients with central nervous system tumours is identified by NICE…

Malnutrition is common in hospital inpatients and 25 to 34% of all patients admitted to hospital are at risk of malnutrition. Multiple factors may contribute to a high risk of malnutrition after stroke including physical, social and…

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest cardiac arrhythmia. Electrophysiologically, it is characterised by the loss of electrical atrial homogeneity due to autonomic, metabolic, structural, inflammatory, or ischaemic defects. Prevalence…

Can we practice the specialty of Geriatric Medicine without understanding the basic fundamentals of the biology of ageing?

The management of older adults with type 2 diabetes requires careful consideration of the effects that advancing age and changes in health status can have on the competing risks and benefits of therapeutic interventions.

Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disorder with an increasing prevalence reflecting the ageing population. Therefore, it is expected that non-motor symptoms, particularly the psychiatric manifestations of Parkinson's disease…