End of life Issues
-
DRIVING AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
As people get older, a lot of things about us change. One of the more disheartening of these “changes” is…
Read More » -
PRE-PLAN FUNERAL? CHOICES ABOUND!
When you get old, like most readers of DrGOpines.com, making critical life decisions is very important. Managing the end of…
Read More » -
BRAIN DEATH: MORE CONFUSING THAN HELPFUL!
Three years ago I published a blog post on brain death. It was an in-depth analysis of the criteria and…
Read More » -
LIFE EXPECTANCY SHORTENS AGAIN!
COVID-19 and drug overdoses have once again resulted if a further lowering of the life expectancy of American adults. From…
Read More » -
EXECUTION BY LETHAL INJECTION
Capital punishment is the state-sanctioned deliberate taking of another person’s life as retribution for criminal acts performed by that individual.…
Read More » -
LIFE EXPECTANCY LOWERED—AGAIN!
The CDC just announced the life expectancy of Americans recently dropped to a 25-year low. People born in 2021 have…
Read More » -
TESTS THAT PREDICT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Biomarker is an infrequently used term. I can’t recall ever using it in med school, residency, or during my forty…
Read More » -
DEMENTIA AWARENESS IN ELDERLY INCREASING.
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias have received a lot of attention in the past twenty years. Very little progress has…
Read More » -
NOW A BLOOD TEST PREDICTS ALZHEIMER’S
On July 21, 2020 I published a blog about two new tests used to accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. With the…
Read More » -
WHEN A PATIENT DIES, WHAT’S THE DOCTOR’S ROLE?
WHEN A PATIENT DIES, WHAT’S THE DOCTOR’S ROLE? A couple of years ago I wrote a blog about the death…
Read More »
