Geriatric Medicine

Recent scientific evidence and better tools to monitor for hypoglycemia helped establish the new position statement…. Anne Peters, MD, FACP, professor at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, said during a press conference at the American Diabetes Association’s 74th Scientific Sessions, “Our goal here is to present …

More aggressive treatment of depression needed in older patients with diabetes…. 

Older athletes recover faster from many acute conditions than their peers…. 

Older type 2 diabetes patients benefit from diabetes education…. 

Tolerability in type 2 diabetes patients aged 65 years and older…. 

New research assesses safety and efficacy of linagliptin as add on treatment in elderly diabetes patients….

Aging results in a slow decline in maximal heart rate, aerobic capacity, lung function, and nerve function (unrelated to diabetes), regardless of physical activity levels, and some of these processes can be accelerated by the presence of diabetes1,2. The usual declines in insulin action with aging, however, actually may be …

Adapted from Diabetes in Older Adults: A Consensus Report, Journal of the American Geriatric Society Insulin therapy can be used to achieve glycemic goals in selected older adults with type 2 diabetes with similar efficacy and hypoglycemia risk as in younger patients.

Elderly adults with normal cognition at baseline who used statins had a slower rate of annual worsening in cognitive decline than nonusers….

Linagliptin is shown to be effective and safe in lowering blood glucose levels in the elderly population….