LIFE IN THE END ZONE

While casting about for something to discuss in my blog, I stumbled on a short article that advocates renaming the “death panel” the “ good ...

Twenty-five years ago, discussions of medical futility were the rage in bioethics circles. The discussions petered out when it became clear ...

In a recent NY Times opinion piece , ethicist, oncologist and health policy guru Ezekiel Emanuel lauds the resurgence of the house call. Ema...

It’s not often that a “research letter,” a short, preliminary report about ongoing research, makes it into the national media. But this week...

With Labor Day rapidly approaching, I began wondering about older people in the workforce. Just how many people over 65 work? What about ove...

You've probably heard repeatedly that 70 is the new 40--and perhaps also that 80 is the new 65.  If that's true, then quality of lif...

A few months ago I wrote about my father’s experience in the nursing home where he lives, commenting on the difficulty of implementing    t...

It's true: how much Medicare spends on you if you are old and sick depends on where you live. Researchers at the Dartmouth Institute f...

The NY Times Magazine recently featured a thought-provoking article about choosing to die. Writing with compassion and sensitivity, Robin M...

Every Sunday morning, I do the NY Times crossword puzzle. I also do the KenKen puzzles in the daily Times, and sometimes I throw in a Sudok...