Geriatrics is a branch of medicine that deals with the general health and well-being of the elderly.
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Global Geriatric Medicines Market was valued US$ XX Bn in 2018 and is expected to reach US$ XX Bn by 2026, at CAGR of XX% during forecast period.Geriatrics is a division of medicines related to the remedial, clinical, social, and preventive aspects o...
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What is geriatric medicine?Geriatric medicine is medical care for older adults, as they often have a unique set of health care needs. Geriatric Medicine services available at Sunstate Medical Associates include:Medicare wellness visi...
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Nearly 80 seniors’ homes across Ontario are now reporting cases of COVID-19, according to a list released on Thursday by a leading Canadian geriatrician.Most of the cases are in the long-term care sector, where the most vulnerable seniors live, but a...
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MICHELLE SHKNEVSKY, a general surgery physician assistant at Brockton Hospital, is actually seeing fewer patients since the COVID-19 epidemic began. With no elective surgeries being performed, her unit needs fewer daytime staff, so her shift has been...
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A Medigas worker delivers new oxygen concentrators to the Seven Oaks long term care home in Scarborough, Ontario on Wednesday evening, where several residents have died due to COVID-19 and dozens more are infected. One cannot overstate how grim th...
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There is much confusion in these times, but Legacy wants you to know that you’re still welcome. By Barrett White With all of the confusion around who is allowed to leave the home, and where you’re allowed to leave it to, and who is even open anyw...
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More than half (54%) of primary care practices are conducting the majority of their visits by telephone.Nearly 8 in 10 primary care clinicians say their practice is under "severe" or "close to severe" strain because of COVID-19, with only one-third o...
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Aging is an emerging issue in Bangladesh, yet adequate infrastructures, policies, programs and services are not there to cater to the needs of the growing number of elderly persons in the country. Although aging is a personal concern in many ways, bu...
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Hearing loss ranks with Arthritis and Hypertension as the 3 most common chronic medical conditions in the world.Unfortunately, hearing loss is the most frequently undiagnosed and untreated of these 3. In fact, 80% of people with clinically advanced H...
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Aim We investigated the associations of the single‐nucleotide polymorphism rs1080985 of cytochrome P4502D6 (CYP2D6) and the apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotypes with cognitive and functional changes in patie...
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Dr Emma Vardy is a Consultant Geriatrician and Clinical Dementia and Delirium Lead at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. She is Chair of the BGS Dementia and Related Disorders Special Interest Group. The COVID-19 outbreak has meant a c...