mattotcha, 3 months ago to Health

When You Got Your Period May Impact Dementia Risk, Study Finds
https://www.sciencealert.com/when-you-got-your-period-may-impact-dementia-risk-study-finds #geriatrics #health #dementia #menstruation #ReproductiveSpan #estrogen #hysterectomy

bicmay, 6 months ago to random

"Gurwitz fears geriatric medicine is on the decline. Despite the surging older population, there are fewer geriatricians now (just over 7,400) than in 2000 (10,270), he noted in a recent piece in JAMA. (In those two decades, the population 65 and older expanded by more than 60%.) Research suggests each geriatrician should care for no more than 700 patients; the current ratio of providers to older patients is 1 to 10,000."

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/who-will-care-for-older-adults-weve-plenty-of-know-how-but-too-few-specialists/

#healthcare #geriatrics #aging #primarycare

macesari, 6 months ago to mastodon

Hi, everyone! Time to formally introduce myself in #Mastodon

My name is Matteo (@macesari)

Scientist at the World Health Organization (#WHO) in Geneva (#Switzerland), and Professor of #Geriatrics and #Gerontology (on leave) at the University of Milan (#Italy)

I post on #Medicine, #PublicHealth, #Ageing (or #Aging), #Care... But also on #Roma (where I am from) and #ASRoma (my favourite/only #football team)

Other hobbies: #reading, #movies, #Running

One wife, three kids, one #dog

shanifi, 10 months ago to Medicine

Hello! I’m a Canadian #internist / #geriatrics desperately seeking a #medicine microblogging community now that the world is on fire. Interested in #aging, #palliative care, #frailty, #dementia, #neurology, and #alzheimers. Curious about #ai #artificialintelligence #ml #machinelearning in #healthcare. How do I find my people? :) 👋

#introduction

AskPippa, 1 year ago to random

Various for-profit long term care (#LTC) homes in Toronto are not planning to sell the buildings and land to developers.
Where will people who need long term care go?

Story in #GlobeAndMail

#LongTermCare #geriatrics

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-government-foresaw-long-term-care-property-selloff-minister/