Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. The population of older Americans is exploding, but there’s a shortage of the very doctors trained specifically to treat them ...

"Five minutes is enough to begin—truly," insists one doctor, to help you "remain engaged in the activities that give [your life] meaning" into old age.

Jerry Gurwitz was one of the first doctors to receive the designation as a geriatrician. He’s now the chief of geriatric medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. Recently, he ...

What can you tell me about geriatrics doctors? My father, who’s 82, takes eight different prescription drugs for different health issues but hasn’t been feeling himself lately. I’m wondering if he ...

Thirty-five years ago, Jerry Gurwitz was among the first physicians in the United States to be credentialed as a geriatrician — a doctor who specializes in the care of older adults. "I understood the ...