Studying Race/Ethnicity and Attitudes Toward Death: Helpful or Harmful?
April 26, 2011
I received an email yesterday from CNN asking me to comment on a study published today in the Journal Cancer…
Palliative care Nurse Practitioner Models of Care – It’s all about money. Or is it?
April 18, 2011
Within the context of an aging population, a US health care system in financial flux, and the shortage of primary…
The Match is Moving Leaving Geriatrics and Palliative Care Behind
April 15, 2011
The word on the street is that the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) will shortly announce that as of 2012,…
Hemoglobin A1C target of 7 in the elderly. Really? REALLY???
April 14, 2011
I want to draw GeriPal readers attention to a terrific commentaryin this week’s JAMA by GeriPal’s own Sei Lee. Sei…
Opioid Analgesics and the Risk of Fractures in the Elderly
April 12, 2011
Current guidelines from the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) state that “NSAIDs and COX-2 selective inhibitors may be considered rarely, and…
Poll: What Does Personalized Medicine Mean to You?
April 6, 2011
Much has been made of the potential of the genome, perhaps none of it more tantalizing than the concept of…
Prognosis is Unimportant
March 22, 2011
I wanted to highlight a recent article in the NYTimes by Peter Bach entitled, “After a Diagnosis, Looking for a…
Poll: Will You Take a Pill That Adds 500 Years to Your Life?
March 20, 2011
Will you take a pill that adds 500 years to your life? I have a pill that will add 500…
Doris and Alice on Big Pharma and Motorized Scooters
March 16, 2011
We had dinner with family friends Doris and Alice last night. Doris is 90 and Alice is 91. They have…
The Past is Hard to Forget when Evaluating New Dementia Screening Tests
March 15, 2011
If we care about primary care physicians actually using the screening tests we develop, then we should care about their…