Sexually transmitted infections are becoming more common in older adults. Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in people ages 55 and up more than doubled in the U.S. over the 10-year period from ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2007;5(5):845-856. Helicobacter pylori infection is a chronic gastric Gram-negative infection that increases with age worldwide. The prevalence of H. pylori detection ...

Frequent urination. An uncomfortable burning sensation. A sudden urge to go to the bathroom. Our patient, a 55-year-old woman, was experiencing these symptoms every few weeks. She also knew all too ...

As many patients and their families are learning, infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is not something to trifle with. Annually, rates of hospitalization and deaths from RSV in the U.S.

Older adults exposed to the herpes virus behind the common cold sore may see a doubling of their dementia risk, a new study warns. The research, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, is the ...

(HealthDay News) — In a case vignette published in the New England Journal of Medicine, recommendations are presented for management of recurrent acute febrile urinary tract infections in older men.

One in 5 older adults develop infections up to six months after heart surgery, and women are more likely to experience infections. Black people experience higher rates of infections compared to white ...

The release of a study in pre-print form, pending peer review and publication in The Lancet, by investigators from the US and UK, found that COVID-19 infections among the elderly, those ...

HCV infection linked to nonhepatic cancers HCV infection is associated with cancers such as bile duct and pancreatic cancers and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may be ...

Biologics targeting interleukin-12, -23, and -17 were associated with a lower rate of serious infections among older adults with psoriatic disease. Older systemic medications, including methotrexate, ...

SGLT2 inhibitors show significant benefits in older adults with cardiovascular disease, with consistent benefits across subgroups based on diabetes status or age, a meta-analysis shows.