Geriatric Medicine

Sitagliptin yielded similar glycemic results as sulfonylureas, but with less hypoglycemia and improvements in body weight among elderly patients with type 2 diabetes….

Elderly people with the metabolic syndrome defined as having multiple risk factors associated with developing diabetes and heart disease, had an increased risk of CKD….

Age does not appear to significantly increase the risks associated with having weight loss surgery.…

Gait speed correlated with expected years of life remaining to people aged 65 years and older, with increased walking speed predicting longer life expectancy….

Many middle-aged and older adults with diabetes are sexually active according to a study of nearly 2,000 people aged 57 to 85. Almost 70 percent of partnered men with diabetes and 62 percent of partnered women with diabetes engaged in sexual activity two or three times a month, comparable to those …

There is substantial regional variation in treatment practices for care of older adults with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), including receipt of hospice care and discontinuation of dialysis before death, according to a study…. 

A little excess weight after age 70 could do the body some good, according to results of a study involving 9,000 older patients….

In adult diabetes patients with cognitive impairment, higher levels of social support for diabetes care may ameliorate the poor glycemic control often seen in these patients.

A new study has shown that walking speed in older people is predictive of cardiovascular mortality, with those in the slowest tertile three times more likely to suffer CV death over five years than those who walked faster. 

Waist-to-hip circumference ratio (WHR) may be a better predictor of all-cause mortality in older adults versus body mass index (BMI), according to the results of a study.