Volume 18 - Number 06 - June, 2010

Clinical Geriatrics

Reducing Sodium Intake—Good for Society, But Not for Everyone!
06/16/2010
Steven R. Gambert, MD, AGSF, MACP
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is now recommending that our daily allowance of sodium be reduced further to 1.5 grams per day.
06/16/2010
Is Prevention Cost-Effective for Controlling Long-Term Care Costs?
06/16/2010
Shahla M. Wunderlich, PhD, RD; Yeon K. Bai, PhD, RD; Jacqueline M. Piemonte, MS
Health promotion programs incorporating nutrition education and physical activity play a role in preventing and delaying costly and debilitating chronic diseases.
06/16/2010
Impact of Healthcare Reform on Today’s Medicare Beneficiaries—And on Those Who Care for Them
06/16/2010
Richard G. Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD; Barney S. Spivack, MD, FACP, AGSF, CMD
As a result of healthcare reform, physicians who care for older adults are tasked with educating themselves and aiding their patients.
06/16/2010
Peer Reviewed
Peer Reviewed
Perioperative Anesthesia Management in a Septuagenarian with Multiple Comorbidities and a Hip Fracture
06/16/2010

J.J. Yang, MD, PhD, G.X. Wang, MD, MS, K.P. Hyde, MD, and Y.G. Peng, MD, PhD

J.J. Yang, MD, PhD, G.X. Wang, MD, MS...
Perioperative management of elderly patients with hip fracture and multiple comorbidities such as the case patient is complex.
06/16/2010
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use for Treatment and Prevention of Late-Life Mood Disorders
06/16/2010
Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS
Late-life mood disorders are the most common reasons for using CAM therapies in older persons.
06/16/2010
Diabetes Agents in the Elderly: An Update of New Therapies and a Review of Established Treatments
06/16/2010
Asha Thomas, MD, FACP, FACE; Hasmik Arzumanyan, MD; Ravi Kant, MBBS, MD
The addition of new agents to treat diabetes aids greatly in the armamentarium clinicians are equipped with to treat this illness.
06/16/2010
Impact of Trauma-Related Hip Fractures on the Older Adult
06/16/2010
Daniel Andersen, PhD, MS, MPH; Steven R. Gambert, MD, AGSF, MACP; Emmanuel Osei-Boamah, MD
Hip fractures continue to be a major challenge to both individual and societal health, and will continue to grow in magnitude as our population ages.
06/16/2010