Geriatrics Perspective

• What to Tell People Who Are Against Measles Vaccination   Dr Art Caplan discusses the measles outbreak and how to address new antivaccination arguments.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2019
• Learning From Our Ancestors to Regain the American Lifespan The past few years have been marked by an alarming rise in 'deaths of despair.' According to Dr Bert Mandelbaum, sports physicians are uniquely equipped to address this problem.
  Medscape Orthopedics, May 2019
• How to Be Elderly and Not Frail   The answer is still physical activity and good nutrition, says Dr Lundberg.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 2019
• Patient Violence Against Physicians: What You Can Do When patients are sick or wounded, aggravation can lead to aggression. And the target is often a physician. Here's how to spot the warning signs and avoid an attack.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 2019
• Can Palliative Care Make a Difference in Parkinson Disease? As a serious, chronic disease with no cure, can quality of life be improved for patients with Parkinson disease?
  Medscape Nurses, April 2019
• ISCHEMIA: Do Baseline Data Hint at Triumph for OMT?   The success of OMT and the decline of patients with severe ischemia may make it difficult for ISCHEMIA to show benefit for revascularization, predicts Mayo Clinic's Raymond Gibbons, MD.
  Mayo Clinic, April 2019
• Boosting Platelets: Optimal Management of ITP: Personalized Platelets   ITP experts discuss maintenance of safe platelet counts individualized to patient circumstances, lifestyle choices, and distance to healthcare centers.
  Medscape TV, April 2019
• Your Norovirus Questions, Answered Norovirus outbreaks seem to be everywhere, closing schools and returning cruise ships to port. Here's what you need to know about this highly contagious illness.
  CDC Expert Commentary, April 2019
• AGS 2019 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from AGS 2019
  Medscape Internal Medicine, April 2019
• Mum's Care: Hospital Recommendations Reveal Implicit Racism Seeking guidance on her Indian-Muslim mother's care, a physician instead discovers a disconcerting subtext.
  Medscape Psychiatry, April 2019
• Diabetes in Older Adults: A Review of the New Guidelines   Dr Anne Peters gives her take on the newly released Endocrine Society guidelines on managing diabetes in older populations, highlighting both the good and controversial aspects.
  Endocrine Society, March 2019
• DPP4-Inhibitors and Onset of Bullous Pemphigoid Which patients are at risk of developing this skin condition?
  Medscape Dermatology, March 2019
• Cases in Deprescribing: When to Stop the SSRI Your patient is doing well on an antidepressant and does not want to stop. But what about the risks with long-term use? How would you handle this case?
  Medscape Family Medicine, March 2019
• ACC 2019INFINITY: SBP Goal in High-Functioning Elderly Clear as WMH   The principal investigator discusses the effects of intensive vs standard systolic blood pressure on mobility, cognition, and cardiovascular outcomes in high-functioning elderly patients.
  theheart.org on Medscape, March 2019
• Fired Up About Climate Change and the Public Health   Healthcare providers need to engage the public in a conversation about climate change and how it can affect everyone's health, says former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.
  Medscape, March 2019
• OTC Insomnia Supplements: The Latest Evidence Dietary supplements are used by millions of people seeking a good night's sleep, but which ones are safe and effective?
  Medscape Pharmacists, March 2019
• Staying Golden: Aging With HIV   San Francisco–area infectious disease experts who battled the HIV/AIDS epidemic for decades now address the unique needs and vulnerabilities of patients who are aging with HIV.
  Medscape TV, March 2019
• Boosting Platelets: Optimal Management of ITP: Overtaking Guidelines   Experts examine how management of ITP is moving beyond current guidelines, especially with the decline in splenectomy and the approval of new medical treatments.
  Medscape TV, March 2019
• AAGP 2019 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from AAGP 2019
  Medscape Psychiatry, March 2019
• Statin Deprescribing Follow-up: How You Voted Did readers agree with Dr Vega on whether to deprescribe an elderly patient's statin?
  Medscape Family Medicine, February 2019