I heard a prominent speaker talk about studies at the National Institute of Aging. The speaker described several new large and well funded trials…
We need your help. GeriPal will be hosting the July 2010 installment of Palliative Care Grand Rounds. For those of…
Much has been said about John Wooden’s inspiring approach to life, but what can we learn about his attitude towards…
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It has almost been a year since our first post here on GeriPal. Since this first post we have had…
Tina Chiu of the VERA Institute of Criminal Justice recently wrote a report It’s About Time: Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs,…
The Emergency Department phoned my office right before lunch. I was on call for our general IM group, so when…
Geripal experts: If you have to share ONE TIP with your fellow Geriatricians and Gerontologists about palliative care of older…
Roughly 150 members gathered last week at a Town Hall meeting at last week’s annual meeting of the Society of…