In this GeriPal Podcast we talk with Dr. Mark A. Supiano about a blood pressure management in older adults in the light of new evidence from the Systolic Blood Pressure…
In this GeriPal Podcast we talk with Dr. Jessica Zitter, a pulmonary critical care and palliative medicine physician. Jessica Zitter is the author of Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path…
On today's podcast we interview Nathan Goldstein (@drnategoldstein), Chief of the Division of Palliative Care for Mount Sinai Beth Israel. We discuss his experiences and research focused on improving communication…
Tremendous amount of exciting new data coming out of one of our nation's oldest palliative care services: Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) just celebrated a 20 year anniversary. Please see the…
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Sleep. It’s sometimes hard enough to get enough at home with all the distractions of daily life. It’s only made more difficult in the…
by: Meera Sheffrin (@doctormeera) The SPRINT trial came out about 6 months ago– it was supposed to revolutionize the way we thought about treating older adults with hypertension. “But adding…
Eric Widera, MD (@ewidera) In 1824, Jeremy Bentham published the "Book of Fallacies" in which he criticized fifty arguments used in political debate and explained the sinister interests that led…
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Next year marks morphine's 200th anniversary as an analgesic (while it was discovered in 1804, it was first marketed to the public in 1817). In honor…
This post is the first in the #GeriCases series, in which we discuss a clinical case in geriatrics and the attempt to provide patient-centered care with the use of best…
I want to welcome all GeriPal bloggers and readers to this new series of geriatric patient cases (#GeriCases) under the realm of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM). EBM is the conscientious, explicit,…