December 06, 2010

News of a Life in Review

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The father of modern geriatric medicine, Robert Butler, died last summer at the age of 83. His contributions to the study of aging and to th...
August 16, 2010

The Alzheimer's Revolution?

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First a seemingly arcane debate at a medical conference about the criteria for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease made news; then an article in...
July 01, 2010

One Hundred Years of Alzheimer's Disease

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One hundred years ago, the eminent German physician, Emil Kraepelin, published the eighth edition of his very successful textbook on psychia...
May 26, 2010

Say It Isn't So

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My very first post on "Perspectives on Aging" dealt with dementia. I reported on a study that found exercise could decrease the ri...
April 13, 2010

It’s the Law

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After all the rancor and the political posturing and the delays, we finally have major health reform legislation. The new law will resul...
March 29, 2010

This blog has moved

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This blog is now located at http://blog.drmurielgillick.com/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may c...
March 11, 2010

Drugged in the Nursing home

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This week’s Boston Globe featured an article blasting Massachusetts nursing homes for having too many residents on antipsychotic medication...
January 04, 2010

When Lawyers Practice Medicine

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I sat with my elderly parents and their estate planning lawyer, going over documents. The lawyer had updated their will, revised their power...
November 30, 2009

The Heart of the Matter

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Just before the annual deluge of holiday visitors began inundating the Magic Kingdom, over 20,000 people gathered in Orlando, Florida to att...
October 15, 2009

Balking at Baucus?

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Democrats and Republicans alike are balking at the Baucus proposal, the latest health care reform proposal to emerge from Congress. Not surp...