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• Docs Feel Stress When Patients Cant Make Own Decisions - in Geriatrics, General Geriatrics from MedPage Today

  
  Your Learning Guide In Surgery And Surgical Treatments — Authority: 118
  Medical News: Docs Feel Stress When Patients Cant Make Own Decisions - in Geriatrics, General Geriatrics from MedPage Today
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• "I Hate to Ask You, But..."

  
  Notes from the Country Doctor — Authority: 107
  Usually when I hear a patient ask me this question I brace for a request for some controlled substance, or to see their train wreck of a family member, or worse yet, to fill out a form. When the patient is a kind 83 year old woman taking care of her 85 year old husband with dementia I tend to fight this urge and hear ...
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• Too many are exhibiting signs of Alzheimer’s without being diagnosed

  
  Alzheimer's Reading Room — Authority: 557
  I meet families on a regular basis, and met with thousands throughout my career. I am still surprised to meet with families who suspect their loved one has Alzheimer’s, yet have not had a comprehensive evaluation for an accurate diagnosis....By Angil Tarach Alzheimers Reading RoomBob DeMarco and I have both written ...
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• Resistant H1N1 found in people not taking antivirals for active infection

  
  Medical Search Tips, News, and Information for Healthcare Professionals — Authority: 121
  Quebec doctors report the rapid emergence of H1N1 resistance to oseltamivir in a father who was given the drug in a failed attempt to prevent him from catching the pandemic flu from his infected child. They urge that prophylactic doses be raised to therapeutic levels as soon as symptoms develop. Monitoring for the ...
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• In a nursing home....

  
  Nether Region of the Earth II — Authority: 140
  Myrtle and George are sitting in their wheelchairs admiring the sunset over the gardens. "You know Myrtle, what I miss?" "Whats that George?" "A ladys hand to fondle the old fella." "Why George, thats terrible, and at your age too!" "Not so terrible Myrtle, it was fun in the old days, I guess it still ...
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• Health system closing office of only geriatrics specialist

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 163
  By LINSEY MAUGHAN STAFF WRITER Blaming the economy, Blanchard Valley Health System is closing the office of Dr.source : www.topix.com
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• QD: News Every Day--not the intended effect

  
  ACP Internist — Authority: 472
  ACP Internists daily digest of news and events continues with backlash from an analysis of proposed health care reform legislation, voices from middle American and an ACP Fellows controversial stance on just how much money is wasted in our current health care system. Health care reform Medicares chief actuary ...
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• Performing Art Therapy and Geriatrics

  
  Art Therapy — Authority: 107
  The following is  a slideshow presentation about performing arts therapy and geriatrics from Dr. D. Dutta Roy from the Psychology Research Unit at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata.View more presentations from ddroy.Performing Art Therapy in Geriatric Care – Presentation TranscriptPerforming Art Therapy ...
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• Gene Cohen, 65, psychiatrist who broke ground in geriatrics

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 163
  Gene Cohen, an impish geriatric psychiatrist who championed the idea that people past retirement age have untapped stores of creativity and intellectually rigorous skills in their later years, died Saturday [...]
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• Wrapping up Gut Instinct and Too Much Information

  
  Notes from the Country Doctor — Authority: 107
  A reader recently commented on my post "Too Much Information" , "So...whats the outcome? Cant help but wonder.By the way, I really enjoy your writing! Thanks for sharing your story." First of all, I always appreciate when someone enjoys my writings and the stories I have to tell. While I obviously think they have ...
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• Adventures in Gerontology

  
  Dazed Capades — Authority: 124
  My latest adventure in taking my octogenarian parents out included a trip to Sam’s Club, among several other stops.   After trip to the doctor for Mom, we stopped back at their house to pick up my father and go to lunch. We dined on fine cuisine at Steak ‘n Shake, where they inevitably under tipped the server. ...
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• Gene D. Cohen, 65: Psychiatrist broke ground in geriatrics

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 968
  Gene D. Cohen, an impish geriatric psychiatrist who championed the idea that people past retirement age have untapped stores of creativity and intellectually rigorous skills in their later years, died Nov. 7 of prostate cancer at his home in Kensington. He was 65.
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• Does Your Elder Parent Wander? Caregiving Concerns Explored

  
  Mothering Mother and More — Authority: 112
  Just today, I was driving home when I saw an elder-woman walking on the side of a rather busy road. Cars go at least 40 and sometimes 60 mph. on this road. She had no business walking there alone. My husband and I turned around and I got out to greet her. “Hello, I’m Carol and I live nearby–are you lost?” I ...
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• Amyloid beta protein gets bum rap

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 643
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• Ten Ways to Annoy Your Doctor

  
  Better Health — Authority: 574
  Top 10 lists are back! I forgot about this kind of post, and a reminder by a reader is bringing them back.  They are really a fun and easy kind of post to write, so you may see a fair number of them (read: Rob is getting lazy).  I thought I’d start back with some suggestions for disgruntled patients (or gruntled ...
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• High Serum and CSF Urate Levels may Slow the Rate of Clinical Decline of PD

  
  MediNEWS.Direct! — Authority: 110
  Urate is a superoxide, peroxynitrite and hydroxyl radical scavenger, and iron chelator and ascorbate stabilizer. Previous researches have shown that people with higher urate levels are at a lower risk of Parkinson disease (PD), by virtue of its antioxidant effect. These include persons with gout and those who consume ...
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• What’s The Most Expensive Medical Condition?

  
  Better Health — Authority: 574
  What medical condition costs the U.S. Health system the most in disability and overall costs? If you said heart disease or cancer or pulmonary disease you would be wrong! I would have said one of those myself. The answer…slow drumroll….is musculoskeletal disease . Yes, 50% of the adult population reported ...
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• Life Inside a Nursing Home

  
  Seniors For Living — Authority: 490
  When my mother was recovering from an illness, she had to spend some time in a nursing home to regain her strength. It was a rather sudden decision on her doctor’s part, and I had only a few hours to find one.I saw her have to wait for assistance with most everything, be served soft [...]
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• Alcohol & Old Lace [Tippling]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 815
  A new study suggests that "light to moderate alcohol intake" helps keep women in their 70s spry. [ Reuters ]
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• Older patients with dementia at increased risk for flu mortality

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 643
  BOSTON (October 27, 2009) -- An epidemiological study on pneumonia and influenza (P&I) in adults age 65 and over reports that patients with dementia are diagnosed with flu less frequently, have sh
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