What a nursing assistant will tell us…if we ask
January 29, 2010
A friend recently forwarded me an update to a story first reported in the Washington Post in May 2009 about…
Mammograms in Women with Dementia: What’s the Problem?
January 29, 2010
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A study in the American Journal of Public Healthexamining mammogram use in older persons found that 18% of women with…
Morphine Sulfate oral solution is now FDA approved
January 27, 2010
Morphine sulfate oral solution is now FDA approved thanks to a concerted effort by many in the hospice and palliative…
“Do not punctuate the end of your life with a senseless act of brutality!”
January 22, 2010
Words have power. Language has power. The words we use may comfort or shock, allay or provoke, sooth or batter…
Post Traumatic Stress in Late Life
January 18, 2010
Over the past year, I have had several 80+ patients, combat veterans of WWII, who have had very significant symptoms…
Evidence-Based Medicine in Clinically Complex Elders – Barking up the Wrong Tree?
January 7, 2010
For years, many academics (myself included) have decried the lack of rigorous clinical trial evidence to inform the care of…
Overlooking the Frail Years
January 3, 2010
Paula Span raises a number of interesting issues in this poston the NY Times New Old Age Blog. She presents…
Death and Taxes: It’s Shaping Up to be a Busy Year
December 30, 2009
The Wall Street Journal published an article today entitled “Rich Cling to Life to Beat Tax Man.” The article describes…
Tarenflurbil for Alzheimer Disease: A novel agent meets with great disappointment
December 24, 2009
The current issue of JAMA reports on the largest trialever conducted for a drug designed to slow the progression of…
Judged by the Color of their Skin
December 23, 2009
I have an nonagenarian who is a racist. I don’t think you can use the words she uses to describe…