Aging
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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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”DEMENTIA DEEMED HIGHLY PREVENTABLE”
When you learn that in the United States, 2 out of 3 (67%) patients with dementia are women, that women…
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HOT FLASHES: MENOPAUSAL MISERY
I’m not a woman so I’ve never experienced the misery that comes with “the change of life,” but I have…
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PRIORITIES IN GERIATRIC CARE
In spite of statistics that show the average life expectancy of Americans has been declining over the past 5-10 years,…
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HEARING LOSS: MORE DISABLING THAN YOU THINK
Being hard of hearing is far more disabling than people think. Folks who are deaf from birth live in a…
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BEERS CRITERIA FOR MEDICATION USE IN OLDER PATIENTS: DANGEROUS COMBINATIONS
Until I read the April 2024 issue of American Family Physician, I was unaware the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) had…
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HIP FRACTURE
A fracture of the hip is one of the more unfortunate accompaniments of old age. It is a devastating circumstance…
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DRIVING AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
As people get older, a lot of things about us change. One of the more disheartening of these “changes” is…
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CHRONIC PAIN INCREASES DEMENTIA RISK
Researchers have reported that patients who have chronic pain have as much as a 36% greater chance of developing dementia…
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