LIFE IN THE END ZONE

Michael Kinsley’s Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide isn’t exactly a guidebook to “life’s last chapter,” as the author promises. The book does ta...

One of the most disturbing articles I read this past week--from a geriatric perspective-- was a piece in the NY Times about a new developm...

In a research letter published this week in JAMA, geriatrician Susan Mitchell presents some startling—and encouraging—data. She reports t...

A nagging concern about advance care planning is the possibility that patients may change their minds when faced with imminent death. That’...

I’ve been studying Medicare’s new Hospital Compare website. Lots of people have  complained about this particular ranking , which gives onl...

I’ve been debating whether or not to comment on the recent article in JAMA Internal Medicine about the importance of continuity of care fo...

My mother’s doctor runs a concierge practice—he charges his patients several thousand dollars a year on top of what they pay Medicare osten...

For roughly 20 years, a proposal to offer a new Medicare benefit for frail older people has gradually been building momentum. Named Medicar...

When President Obama announced a new, renewed war on cancer in January 16, saying “let’s make America the country that cures cancer,” many ...

Every year since 2007, I’ve been commenting on the annual update to the report, Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures . The report came out...