LIFE IN THE END ZONE

It’s official: combined federal spending on Medicare and Medicaid has reached 4.6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), up from 4.2% in 2005...

In a bold move intended to foster quality care, the Massachusetts Hospital Association has begun posting data on its web site about the risk...

In an earlier posting, “Break a Leg,” I recommended that frail older people use hip protectors to prevent hip fractures. The data, at that ...

The New York Times reported today on “a blood test” for Alzheimer’s disease (Andrew Pollack, “Progress Cited in Alzheimer’s Diagnosis,” NYT ...

In a dramatic twist of fate, one of the world’s premier heart surgeons recently underwent cardiac surgery utilizing a technique he had devis...

Ample evidence indicates that African Americans, on average, favor more aggressive medical care near the end of life than do white Americans...

A new report released by the Alzheimer’s Association brings some bad news: an estimated 5.1 million Americans currently have Alzheimer’s dis...

An interview from Ruth Dempsey at Aging Horizons: Ruth Dempsey: In The Denial of Aging , you argue: "Despite my vitamin and exercise r...

When I went to medical school, the condition “mild cognitive impairment” had not been recognized. Patients either had dementia (which was of...