Geriatrics and Elder Care

Despite severe emphysema and bad knees, she had managed on her own until three years ago, when she became legally blind...

Millions of baby boomers are about to enter a health care system for seniors that not only isn't ready for them, but may even discourage them from getting quality care.

But then the patient said something that grabbed the young doctor&8217;s attention. Her regular doctor had given her some pills for these cramps...

Caring for farm animals appears to offer a therapeutic benefit for people with mental illness, according to new research.

...significant impact on health in the next few decades, with certain regions of the country - and the elderly and children - most vulnerable to increased health problems.

All is peaceful and orderly on the older adult unit at Hanley Center, where substance abusers over the age of 55 are spared the noisy swagger of addicts half their age across the campus.

A new study may help older people and their doctors decide how to treat a very common and dangerous problem — a bulging abdominal artery threatening to burst.

As baby boomers and their parents grow older, more families must grapple with the medical, financial and legal questions

Fifty-four nursing homes are being told by the government that they're among the worst in their states in an effort to goad them into improving patient care.

Fewer Americans have disease than previously estimated, researchers say