More on dementia and mammograms
We recently discusseda study that described the common practice of obtaining screening mammograms in women with dementia. We considered how…
We recently discusseda study that described the common practice of obtaining screening mammograms in women with dementia. We considered how…
There is a very interesting study in the January issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that characterizes…
I just read Chris Feudtner’s brief piece, “The Breadth of Hopes,” in the New England Journal. Among other things, the…
A friend recently forwarded me an update to a story first reported in the Washington Post in May 2009 about…
A study in the American Journal of Public Healthexamining mammogram use in older persons found that 18% of women with…
Over the past year, I have had several 80+ patients, combat veterans of WWII, who have had very significant symptoms…
For years, many academics (myself included) have decried the lack of rigorous clinical trial evidence to inform the care of…
The current issue of JAMA reports on the largest trialever conducted for a drug designed to slow the progression of…
I have an nonagenarian who is a racist. I don’t think you can use the words she uses to describe…
Don’t know what to get your favorite geriatrician for the holidays? Out of ideas as you bought your geriatrician a…