Palliative care Nurse Practitioner Models of Care – It’s all about money. Or is it?
April 18, 2011
Within the context of an aging population, a US health care system in financial flux, and the shortage of primary…
The Match is Moving Leaving Geriatrics and Palliative Care Behind
April 15, 2011
The word on the street is that the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) will shortly announce that as of 2012,…
Hemoglobin A1C target of 7 in the elderly. Really? REALLY???
April 14, 2011
I want to draw GeriPal readers attention to a terrific commentaryin this week’s JAMA by GeriPal’s own Sei Lee. Sei…
Opioid Analgesics and the Risk of Fractures in the Elderly
April 12, 2011
Current guidelines from the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) state that “NSAIDs and COX-2 selective inhibitors may be considered rarely, and…
From Red to Gray: The New Older China
April 9, 2011
According to a United Nations study, developing countries such as China are seeing a rapid graying of their population that…
Poll: What Does Personalized Medicine Mean to You?
April 6, 2011
Much has been made of the potential of the genome, perhaps none of it more tantalizing than the concept of…
Phoenix Rising: Geriatrics & Palliative Care Sessions at SGIM
April 5, 2011
For those on the fence about whether to attend the 2011 Society for Internal Medicine Meeting in Phoenix, or for…
Aging Women and Stereotypes
April 2, 2011
Most of us grew up learning that it was rude to ask a woman her age. But did we ask…
Doctor Develops Cure for Burnout, Compassion Fatigue
April 1, 2011
In a breakthrough that could revolutionize medical practice, the University of Mumchester announced today that a new technique has been…
Management of COPD: Lets Just Pretend Older Patients Don’t Exist
March 28, 2011
We have previously discussed on GeriPal how the exclusion of older persons from research has left us clueless about how…