Atrial Fibrillation is a very common heart rhythm that substantially increases the risk for stroke. The likelihood of having atrial…
I’m tired of innovative health care interventions targeted at those caring for the more than 5 million individuals living with…
The House of Representatives is slated to vote this week on HR-1, a bill that would substantially reduce funding for…
Going to be in Vancouver for the Annual Assembly? Please come and help develop a Special Interest Group (SIG) in…
The editorial team for the Journal of the American Medical Association series, Care of the Aging Patient: From Evidence to…
“For those of you who haven’t yet heard, I have recently been diagnosed with Stage IV inflammatory breast cancer. This…
Photo by: DGies / Flickr When the clock strikes midnight on January 1st, the very oldest of the baby boomers…
As a geriatrician and an ethnomusicologist, I have had ample opportunity to observe the impact of music upon gait among…
Healthy People 2020 has been released, and there is good news for GeriPals. (See Ken’s post soliciting suggestions from GeriPal readers…
The AMA Physician Consortium For Performance Improvement has released a draft set of performance measures for persons with dementia. The…