LIFE IN THE END ZONE

On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare (and Medicaid) into law. In the last fifty years, it has evolved further—adding ...

It's Medicare's 50th birthday! See more on my blog next Sunday.

A few weeks ago, I blogged about the upcoming White House Conference on Aging. This once-a-decade event took place last week. What, if anyt...

Every week I scour the medical literature and the media in search of something newsworthy to report about aging and old people.   I discove...

Yes, Virginia, there will be a White House Conference on Aging ( WHCOA ) this year—this July 13. Well, sort of. Congress never re-authorize...

Congress is still in denial....See upcoming blog post.

Much has been written lately about over-treatment of older patients. Only rarely does anyone suggest that older patients are getting too li...