A comparatively large study reported this month in Alzheimer’s & Dementia, The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, by Leslie Gaynor, PhD (Geriatric Medicine), and colleagues at Vanderbilt Health, measures the frequency of APOE-ε4 and APOE-ε2 in so-called super agers.
VUMC recently held a Directorship Celebration to honor 23 leaders, including seven in the Department of Medicine, from across the enterprise in clinical care, research, education and administration.
New research from VUMC, reported in Alzheimer’s & Dementia by Corey Bolton, PsyD (Geriatric Medicine) and colleagues, shows that Alzheimer’s disease blood tests now arriving on the market might produce inaccurate results in the one-third of older adults who have kidney impairment, notably including those with only mild impairment.
Outstanding Division of Geriatric Medicine faculty were honored at the 2024 State of the Department Address.
Yahoo News interviewed James Powers, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics, for a story about terms people may hear related to aging (and what they actually mean).
Prevention reporter Korin Miller interviewed James Powers, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine, for a story about the impact of a healthy lifestyle on becoming a centenarian — specifically, can empathy help you live longer?
Six junior faculty and postdoctoral fellows, including four from the Department of Medicine, have been appointed this year to the Vanderbilt Faculty Research Scholars (VFRS) program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Curricula are being developed at VUMC to train health care personnel in the details of managing older adults with substance use disorder.
