Geriatric Medicine - Flu in the News

AUSTRALIAN scientists have made a significant advance in the understanding of Alzheimer's disease, a condition they describe as an accumulation of...

The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert on Sunday for a missing Northampton County man.. . George Washington Henderson...

My mum was an alcoholic, crazy, larger than life. Because she was so outlandish, I didn't have to be. I know that her behaviour was paradoxical - ...

Edinburgh scientists are attempting to find the trigger which leads older people to develop dementia. . . The University of Edinburgh study will...

Inside A Camp For Dementia Patients. . When Samara Howard recently dropped off her elderly mother Johnnye Jennings at a three-day camp for people...

People who take bone-strengthening drugs for several years may have a slightly higher risk of esophageal cancer, a new study suggests. . The ...

A second look at British registry data indicates that esophageal cancer may be more common after all in patients taking oral bisphosphonate drugs...

BBC News - The slow goodbye of dementia - a husband bids farewell:...

Terry Pratchett is a house favorite here at PB.com. In the Guardian he gives an interview about struggling with the death of his parents, the...

People who take oral bisphosphonates for bone disease over five years may be doubling their risk of developing esophageal cancer (cancer of the...

Topic: Geriatric Medicine