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…
Stocking Stuffers for Your Favorite Geriatrician
December 22, 2009
Don’t know what to get your favorite geriatrician for the holidays? Out of ideas as you bought your geriatrician a…
My last few days with my grandmother
December 17, 2009
It was the a Monday morning in November when I got the first call from my uncle Gili – my…
Primary Care Providers Are Challenged by Dementia Care
December 15, 2009
Care Managers · Dementia · Diabetes · Education · Geriatrics · Mental Health · Primary Care · Seniors
An excellent article in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society provides insights into primary care physicians views of dementia…
How Will Pilot Programs Impact Geriatrics and Palliative Care?
December 13, 2009
In one of the most influentialhealth policy journals of our time – the New Yorker- the surgeon Atul Gawande “calls…
Should we screen for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms?
December 10, 2009
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) pose one of the most interesting and difficult of dilemmas about disease screening. AAAs are dilitations…
The need for Geriatrics
November 29, 2009
There is an excellentop-edin the Boston Globe from Dr. Lewis Lipsitzthat in clear yet eloquent language makes the case for…
Nelson Mandela and Imagery of Aging
November 12, 2009
There is a wonderful article in the New York Times, written by Celia Dugger, that discusses the aging of Nelson…
Potpourri from clinical work
November 10, 2009
I’ve been attending on our hospital’s palliative care service. Several things have been on my mind, and although I don’t…