LIFE IN THE END ZONE

My mother’s friend Lixie died last month. Eight months ago, her husband (my father) died. And just about exactly a year ago, my mother’s fr...

On this weekend of the Women’s Marches—175,000 of us marched in Boston alone—it’s fitting to remember that aging is predominantly a women’s...

Kaiser Health News —which by the way has some of the most interesting and important articles relevant to the older population in its “aging...

In 2003, I decided to branch out from geriatrics and try something new. Well, a little new. I recreated myself as a palliative care physi...

I’ve been searching for something upbeat to say about health care for older people in 2017. It’s been difficult to find anything newsworthy...

Three times, Eli Lilly has tried to demonstrate the efficacy of the drug solanezumab in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. And three tim...

Antipsychotic medication is effective for people who are psychotic—period. It’s been used for other conditions, such as the behavioral symp...