Results from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) have supported lower blood pressure targets among ...

"...consideration of advanced age, frailty and polypharmacy alone should not deter clinicians from recommending intensive ...

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.

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, ...

Interest in geriatric medicine has stalled among new physicians despite an aging population and shortage of providers to care ...

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

The reduced risk of heart disease and early death outweighed the negatives that can accompany such aggressive treatment, ...

Sadly, if you don't develop effective strategies to invest in your future, you could become a burden on your children one day ...