TAVR: Life-prolonging and palliative or risky and costly?
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a therapy proposed “as the standard of care for symptomatic patients with aortic stenosis…
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a therapy proposed “as the standard of care for symptomatic patients with aortic stenosis…
I remember when my son was about 2 years old he developed a very minor case of acute otitis media…
The reason that I love preparing talks to give to residents and fellows is that I always find new and…
(To see the JGIM image click this link) Perhaps you have said, or heard someone declare, “I want DNR tattooed across…
I have always been struck by the question of where individuals would prefer to die. You know, the one where…
The biggest announcement so far at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting is that Geriatricswill be entering into the fellowship…
What happens when the head of one of the most prominent medical education journals publishes a call for every medical…
I saw one of my favorite philosophers speak yesterday: Peter Singer. His book Animal Liberation is reason I became a vegetarian…
Everyone involved in geriatric care has heard the news: The “Silver Tsunami” is coming and the U.S. healthcare system is…
A dominant focus of research in Geriatric Medicine has been on the prevention of the types of disability that are…