Hypertension, dyslipidemia, impaired glucose tolerance, and obesity remain the major modifiable risk factors for most of the coronary disease afflicting the elderly. The relative risk associated with ...

Hospitalized older adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and sepsis exhibit impaired neutrophil function; however, glycolytic metabolism is not the driver of neutrophil dysfunction. This ...

Almost one-third of people over the age of 60 have valvular heart disease, although less than 3% have clinically significant disease, according to new registry data from the United Kingdom. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The prevalence of valvular heart disease increases sharply with advanced age. Nearly two-thirds of individuals ...

Previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease is common in older adults. As people age, they often experience increased ...

Share on Pinterest Taking statins appeared to help people even if they didn’t have high cholesterol. Grace Cary/Getty Images Older adults with chronic kidney disease who took a cholesterol-lowering ...

Because of their study's findings, the researchers urged clinicians to screen patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) for cognitive dysfunction. Middle-aged and older adult patients with atopic ...

Background Insomnia symptoms are prevalent in older adults and linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the role of long-term symptom trajectories remains unclear. We investigated associations ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Providers who scored worse on an ageism assessment generally viewed older patients as “more demanding of ...