by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD Every once and a while, a new innovation comes along that makes you go, “Wow!” or,…
When I chose to pursue a residency in Neurology, the first response from my medical school acquaintances was “But, you…
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD Journal of Palliative Medicine recently published a nice exploratory open label study of daily oral ketamine…
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Ronald Reagan died in 2004 of advanced dementia Some great paper GeriPal readers should be award…
by: Alex Smith @alexsmithMD Advanced dementia is a terminal illness needing palliative care. Unfortunately, there is a great divide between this…
It seems like such a good idea. Before a patient takes a new drug, they would like to know that…
This is a guest post by Dr. Ronald Pies in response to this week’s GeriPal post about the removal of…
(Image of Emu has nothing to do with this post) Seems like there’s been a lot of poetry in the…
In this and upcoming posts, we will review some educational products in both geriatrics and palliative care. For many of…
I recently cared for a 96 year old woman who was rehospitalized for a recurrent infection (identifying details altered to…