Driving and Dementia: An Excellent Guideline, and A Missed Opportunity
The American Academy of Neurologyrecently released a very useful guideline on the evaluation of driving risk in patients with dementia.…
The American Academy of Neurologyrecently released a very useful guideline on the evaluation of driving risk in patients with dementia.…
There is a lot of focus on what elders with dementia can’t do. But what about more discussion of what…
At our most recent UCSF Division of Geriatricsjournal club, we had a very lively discussion about an article examining whether…
We recently discusseda study that described the common practice of obtaining screening mammograms in women with dementia. We considered how…
Feeding tubes are often placed in the hospital setting for patients with advanced dementia, even though there is pretty much a lack…
A study in the American Journal of Public Healthexamining mammogram use in older persons found that 18% of women with…
The current issue of JAMA reports on the largest trialever conducted for a drug designed to slow the progression of…
An excellent article in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society provides insights into primary care physicians views of dementia…
There is an important article in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine authored by Dr. Susan…