Geriatric medicine deals with aging problems and illnesses in older people. A geriatrician or geriatric physician has specific knowledge of the aging process and expert skills in the diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of diseases in the elderly. This specialist can treat geriatric patients in the patient’s home, an office, nursing home, or a hospital setting.

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis.

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including Bone density test.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Alabama has 93 practicing geriatric medicine doctors. Broken out by city, geriatric medicine doctor density in Adamsville is 1, in Alabaster is 2, in Andalusia is 1, in Anniston is 1, in Arab is 1, in Birmingham is 39, in Boaz is 1, in Centre is 1, in Clanton is 2, in Cullman is 1, in Daphne is 1, in Decatur is 1, in Dothan is 2, in Elba is 1, in Fairhope is 1, in Florence is 1, in Georgiana is 1, in Gilbertown is 1, in Guntersville is 1, in Heflin is 1, in Huntsville is 5, in Irvington is 1, in Jacksonville is 1, in Jasper is 1, in Madison is 2, in Marion is 1, in Mobile is 5, in Montgomery is 8, in Mountain Brook is 1, in New Hope is 1, in Oneonta is 1, in Peoria is 1, in Phenix City is 1, in Piedmont is 1, in Red Bay is 1, in Russellville is 1, in Talladega is 1, in Tuscaloosa is 7, in Tuskegee is 3, in Union Springs is 1, in Valley is 3, in Walnut Grove is 1, and in Wedowee is 1.

Montgomery is the capital city of this southern state, though Birmingham is its largest city. Population in 2005 was 4,557,808. Alabama is the birthplace of historical figures Hank Aaron, Helen Keller, and George Washington Carver. Take an airboat tour on the Mobile river delta, see the Alabama Civil Rights museum in Mantua, or tour the Jazz Hall of Fame in Birmingham. Visit the Shakespeare Festival Theater Complex in Montgomery, or play a round of golf at one of Alabama’s many acclaimed courses. From the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in the state’s north to the Gulf coast beaches in the south, Alabama’s scenery includes a varied and diverse landscape.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Alabama has a population of 4,557,808. Of this population, 1,074,627 are under the age of 18 and 600,258 are at or above the age of 65.