Having patient consultations conducted by geriatricians using telemedicine technology is an acceptable alternative to in-person consultations when hospitals are unable to employ a geriatrician to work on site, according to the authors of a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Seniors who neglect themselves, risking their own health and safety, tend to be individuals with limited social networks and little social engagement, according to a study by Rush University Medical Center.

While Americans are living longer than ever, American men still aren’t living as long as American women, the latest longevity statistics show. On average, men in the US live about 75 years — 5 fewer than women.

Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH, of the University of Colorado Denver has been chosen by The Gerontological Society of America”>Gerontological Society of America (GSA) – the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging – to receive the 2009 Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Productive Aging.

A geriatric training method pioneered by Marilyn R. Gugliucci, PhD, president of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (the educational branch of The Gerontological Society of America) has proved successful enough that she plans to implement it on a national level.