The population of older adults is rapidly growing worldwide. Because of the substantial shortage of geriatricians, all clinicians need basic fluency in older adult care. In our approach to evaluating an older adult in the clinic or at the bedside, we apply the “Geriatric 5Ms” framework to manage the patient’s care. The Geriatric 5Ms consist of the following key steps. First, consider the mind: the cognitive and psychological domains of a patient’s health. Second, evaluate mobility and fall risk.

To assess the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and COVID-19–related health outcomes including mortality, hospitalization, and mechanical ventilation.

A healthy woman in her late 50s presented to the dermatology clinic for a routine skin cancer screening exam. Her vertex scalp was noted to have a semicircular plaque of scarring alopecia (Figure 1). She reported the scarring was caused by birth trauma. Images from 2 days of life demonstrated caput succedaneum and a ring of skin ulceration (Figure 2) that ultimately led to a permanent halo scalp ring.

To compare intermediate-term risk of new-onset hypertension between normotensive patients with narcolepsy initiating sodium oxybate (SXB cohort) and those not initiating sodium oxybate (control cohort).

To examine the cardiovascular disease (CVD)–related death trends and the relationship between CVD deaths and sex, race/ethnicity, and income in California from January 1, 1999, to December 31, 2021.

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