geriatric
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So what were you doctors thinking when you came up with the term “geriatric pregnancy”? Geriatric woman can’t get pregnant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Dr. Rachel Cheong Chin Yee, a Senior Consultant and Deputy Head at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's Department of Geriatric Medicine, said the study highlights the role of small blood vessel changes in Alzheimer's development.
From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026
Older adults who listened to music at least once a week had a significantly lower risk of dementia, according to a new study in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025
The first documented case was in the ear of a patient at Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital in 2009.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2023
Older adults are less likely than younger people to experience major depression, says Brent Forester, president of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2022
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