Most older adults in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) have a net benefit favoring a systolic blood pressure (BP) target <120 mm Hg, according to a study published online Feb. 18 ...

Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed a tool that can identify older adults at increased risk of emergency ...

Older adults who were 75 and older, frail or taking multiple medications (polypharmacy) had greater net benefits from efforts to lower systolic blood pressure compared to those aged 65 to 74. However, ...

A recent analysis in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked closely at the benefits and harms of intensive blood pressure lowering in patients with different characteristics.

Results from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) have supported lower blood pressure targets among community-dwelling older adults with hypertension to reduce the risk of ...

Boosting the number of nurses in high-risk communities could lower MRSA rates, according to the authors of the report published Monday in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Researchers conducted a community-based study using data from 2 cohorts to assess the associations between SDOHs and ...