american geriatrics society

(Wiley-Blackwell) DHEA supplements are widely-available and touted as a preventive agent for many chronic diseases. A new study published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society finds no evidence of a beneficial effect of DHEA supplements on cognitive function in healthy older adults.

WASHINGTON -- The healthcare system and society at large are about to be inundated by what the American Geriatrics Society calls the silver tsunami -- a wave of Americans living into their eighth and ninth decades with few willing or able to care for them.

(Rush University Medical Center) Elderly patients suffering from chronic illnesses who receive 'virtual' care from a team of medical experts linked together via phone, fax and e-mail, make fewer emergency visits than patients who do not receive this kind of coordinated team care approach according to a new study by Rush University Medical Center.

The study will be presented at the American Geriatrics Society's Annual Scientific Meeting on Friday, May 2.