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Scott Kirk, President and Chief Executive Officer at First Southern State Bank, announced this week that veteran Marshall County banker John Jordan has joined the bank and will serve as

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Public Release: 24-Apr-2018 American Geriatrics Society Researchers at the University of Exeter have found a statistical link between pneumonia in older people and a group of medicines commonly used to neutralize stomach acid in people with heartburn or stomach ulcers. Although proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) are still a valuable group of medicines, research is indicating that…

What can go wrong with your feet as you age? Surprisingly, much. Here’s what you can expect, and what to do about it.

Nearly 30% of 14,000 nursing homes surveyed in March 2022 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a staffing shortage.

Today, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) released the 2023 update to the AGS Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults (DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18372). The AGS Beers Criteria® serves as a comprehensive list of medications that older people should potentially avoid or consider using with caution because they often present unnecessary risks for this population. Given that, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, United States (NCHSUS), more than 88...

Amsterdam - Heaven gained an angel when Jerri Cortese, 64, of Grant Avenue, Amsterdam, NY passed away on March 23, 2023, with her family by her side. Born in Cortland, NY on June 22, 1958, Jerri was the youngest daughter of the late Gerald and Elizabeth Buckley Clark. She graduated from Cortland Hi

At #AGS22, @AmerGeriatrics and #geriatrics experts casts a wide net for social & scientific innovations shaping better care for us all as we age.  http://ow.ly/H6OV50IZluC.

Jerry C. Johnson with prestigious Nascher/Manning Award in Geriatrics at #AGS22  http://ow.ly/wqau50ILSz8.

Today, @AmerGeriatrics awards Dr. Anil Makam (@AnilMakam) the Arti Hurria Memorial Award for Emerging Investigators in Internal Medicine focused on #Geriatrics #AGS22  http://ow.ly/s61z50IKIOT.