Aging
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RURAL HEALTHCARE SUFFERING PHYSICIAN DRAIN
We’ve all heard stories or read articles about small towns and rural communities who have such serious need for medical…
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AGING IS HARD ON PEOPLE! GLP-1’S IMPACT
We don’t need any more reasons for Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists to be called the “Drugs of the Century,” but…
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IS YOUR FAMILY DOCTOR CAPABLE OF DIAGNOSING DEMENTIA?
Why, of course, he/she is! Or should be. Family physicians have a responsibility to their patients to educate themselves to…
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PREVENTING FALLS
The United States Preventive Services Task force (USPSTF) is front and center once again. This time with good intentions and…
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DOES COGNITIVE REHAB HELP DEMENTIA PATIENTS?
The number of people living with dementia is expected to increase two-and-a-half times between now and 2050! The number quoted…
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MENOPAUSE “SHOULD NOT BE MEDICALIZED”
“Medicalized” is a word I have never used or even seen used before. It is used here in the context…
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BEST AND SAFEST DRUGS FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Drugs designed to improve the dementia found in Alzheimer’s sufferers have not lived up to their “billing.” By that, I…
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NOCTURIA: A NIGHTTIME INTRUSION
What person over the age of 65 doesn’t waken at night to go to the bathroom? I dare say it’s…
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HYDROCEPHALUS—“Water on the Brain”
Recently, I’ve had occasion to know two people who were diagnosed with Hydrocephalus. Today, this is still a serious, relatively…
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DIAGNOSING ALZHEIMER’S JUST GOT EASIER
In many previous blogs about Alzheimer’s Disease and dementias, I have said that Alzheimer’s was a diagnosis of exclusion. That…
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