We present 10 of the most effective articles from 2016 in geriatric medicine. They address wide-ranging topics including the use of antipsychotics for delirium in palliative care, fall prevention and mobility interventions, efficacy and potential risks of testosterone, cranberry capsules and their effect on bacteriuria and pyuria, beta-blockers after acute myocardial infarction in a nursing home population, the effect of a healthy lifestyle on disability, a goals-of-care intervention in individuals with advanced dementia, the benefits of regional anesthesia in hip repair, and mindfulness in chronic pain management.

We present 11 of the most effective articles from 2017 in geriatric medicine. Studies address topics including self-driven advance care planning, unnecessary emergency department transfers from assisted living, effect of transcatheter aortic valve implantation on cognition, a modified Hospital Elder Life Program to reduce delirium after surgery, patient experience and provider understanding of nursing home placement, patient perspectives on recommendations to stop cancer screening, management of subclinical hypothyroidism, reduction of inappropriate medications in nursing homes, effect of lorazepam on end-of-life agitated delirium, and benefits of a novel exercise program on walking.