Screening for Elder Abuse and Neglect – the USPSTF Report
January 22, 2013
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its updated standards for screening older or physically or mentally dysfunctional…
An Evidence-Based Intervention to Reduce Post-Hospital Syndrome
January 19, 2013
There’s an interesting Perspective in the NEJM titled “Post-Hospital Syndrome — An Acquired, Transient Condition of Generalized Risk,” by Harlan…
Congratulations to the 2013 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awardees
January 16, 2013
We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the 5 physicians just been named as recipients of the 2013…
Metal on Metal Hip Replacements: A Tragic Failure of the FDA Regulatory Process
January 13, 2013
Hip replacements are a miracle of modern medicine. They restore mobility to persons with disabling hip arthritis and free them…
If Air Travel Worked Like Health Care
January 11, 2013
I was lucky enough to attend UCSF’s School of Medicine Leadership Retreat today which was facilitated by the design firm…
Evidence-Based Practice of Palliative Medicine
January 9, 2013
I just got my hands on a copy of a fabulous new book by Drs Goldstein and Morrison and felt…
Please don’t go. We’ll eat you up. We love you so.
January 6, 2013
Above is Christopher Nieman’s beautiful illustration of Maurice Sendak’s heartwarming and deeply moving NPR interview with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross…
Successful Aging Does Not Equal Aging without Disability
January 5, 2013
What does successful aging look like? In one of the more influential papers on the subject published in 1987, Rowe…
The Official Launch of PREPARE: an Easy-to-Use, Online Advance Care Planning Tool
January 4, 2013
HOW can people prepare to have the conversation about what matters most in life and HOW can they prepare for…
Medical Foster Homes: An exciting alternative to Nursing home care
December 21, 2012
A frail older patient has reached the point that living independently at home is no longer possible and family are…