Geriatrics Perspective

• Molecular Link Discovered Between Aging and ALS, Dementia   Dr Alan Jacobs on a recent study that opens up new targets for treating neurodegenerative diseases.
  Medscape Neurology, December 2018
• Surgery or Endocrine Therapy for Breast CA in Older Women? Dr Lowenfels challenges the findings of a recent study that suggests surgery as the better option in treating older women with early-stage breast cancer.
  Medscape General Surgery, December 2018
• Rotavirus Is Still With Us--How to Prevent an Outbreak   Rotavirus outbreaks can affect almost anyone--healthy and unhealthy, young and old, vaccinated and unvaccinated.
  CDC Expert Commentary, December 2018
• Baloxavir--The New, Single Oral-Dose Antiviral for Influenza   It's the first new antiviral drug for influenza in almost two decades, but how does it differ from the antivirals we have now?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 2018
• The Most Common Mistakes to Avoid During Residency Certain mistakes in residency are common to all specialties. Luckily, most are avoidable. Here are a few important ones to keep in mind.
  Medscape Med Students, November 2018
• Managing Gout as a Systemic Disease   A study suggests that to reduce morbidity and mortality from hyperuricemia, it must be managed as a chronic disease.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 2018
• Antibiotics for Everyone? Is it possible to keep patients happy while practicing antimicrobial stewardship?
  Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), November 2018
• Suicide in Older Adults: The Risk Factor We Are Missing   It's critically important to ask older patients this one question.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 2018
• Nurse Practitioners: Solution to the Primary Care Shortage Primary care access for the underserved could be improved if barriers to nurse practitioner practice were removed.
  Medscape Nurses, November 2018
• Stopping Meds: Which Older Patients Are Amenable?   Certain patients are typically willing, others unwilling, to stop some of their daily pills.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 2018
• The Love-Hate Relationship With Levothyroxine Levothyroxine, despite being the most prescribed drug in the United States, has many patients disenchanted and looking to T3 for symptom relief. How should clinicians approach the T4/T3 controversy?
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, October 2018
• Sarcopenia in Liver Disease Patients with end-stage liver disease are at an increased risk of developing sarcopenia; however, early recognition and management prior to liver transplantation may improve post-transplant outcomes.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, October 2018
• Don't Overlook Ocular Surface Disease Before Cataract Surgery Dr Sumit (Sam) Garg on the risks of failing to preoperatively diagnose this highly prevalent condition.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, October 2018
• Time Out! A Close Look at Antibiotic Use in LTC Clinical cases illustrate the overuse of antibiotics to treat radiographic findings and lab reports, especially when prescribing over the phone.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, October 2018
• Diabetes Care in Older Adults With CVD: Patient Case Quiz Can you manage diabetes in older patients with co-existing CVD effectively? Test yourself with this patient case quiz created by experts from ACC.
  ACC.org, October 2018
• Diabetes Care in Older Adults With CVD: Expert Analysis Glycemic control can be challenging in older patients with co-existing CVD and diabetes. Learn optimal management strategies from experts at ACC.
  ACC.org, October 2018
• Strike Three for Aspirin in Primary Prevention   Three more studies seal the deal: Aspirin no longer has a role to play in primary prevention of heart attacks, says Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, September 2018
• Is an Antiaging Drug Around the Corner? Medscape speaks with aging researcher Dr Nir Barzilai about genetic contributors to lifespan and promising treatments to extend human life.
  Medscape Public Health, September 2018
• Is Sarcopenia Inevitable as We Age?   A reader comment and the inexorable changes inflicted by the natural aging process sparked today's commentary.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, September 2018
• A Post-Op Analgesic Approach For Hip Fracture Repair: A Case This case describes the use of a SIFI block after surgery to minimize the use of psychotropic medications in the elderly patient population.
  HSS Grand Rounds Complex Cases, September 2018