Surgery and Aging: Inclusive or Exclusive?
Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD Guest: Lazar Greenfield, MD Dr. Lazar Greenfield observes the conundrum that there are many standards a physician must comply with to become a surgeon, but no set standards...
View ArticleEarly Alzheimer Screening Device: DETECT
Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: David Wright, MD Our guest, Dr. David Wright shares news of a new device currently being tested to screen for mild congnitive impairment, one of the earliest signs of...
View ArticleSeniors and HIV: The Myths and the Realities
Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Jane Fowler As an HIV/AIDS prevention educator, and founder and director for the HIV Wisdom for Older Women Program, Jane Fowler describes her work in educating the public...
View ArticlePolypharmacy Issues and the Elderly
Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Ken Brummel-Smith, MD Are you certain the prescribed medication is helping your elderly patient? Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith, professor in the department of geriatrics at...
View ArticleTreating Alzheimer's Patients Inside & Out
Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Ken Brummel-Smith, MD Alzheimer's patients display many special personal needs beyond the physical care of their disease. How can doctors and caretakers work through...
View ArticleGeriatrics: Help Wanted (and Needed)
Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Ken Brummel-Smith, MD Eighty million Americans will be above age 65 by the year 2030. This projection offers clear warning that our health care system needs more...
View ArticleSuccessful Aging in a High-Tech World
Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Gary Small, MD What are the greatest challenges as we age? Will healthcare and lifestyle improve concurrently? In one of the first conferences of its kind, the UCLA...
View ArticleThe Longevity Bible: 8 Essential Strategies for Keeping Your Mind Sharp and...
Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Gary Small, MD Dr Gary Small is Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and the Parlow-Solomon Professor on Aging at the David Geffen School of Medicine at...
View Article'Slow Medicine': A Compassionate Approach to Caring for our Elders
Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Dennis McCullough, MD Dr. Dennis McCullough embodies the Tibetan wisdom 'make haste slowly.' How can we navigate caring for our elders with compassion and...
View ArticleTreating Patients as They Approach End of Life
Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD Guest: Dennis McCullough, MD In the later stages of life, patient care often requires a different approach. How can a physician help geriatric patients and their loved ones...
View ArticleAlzheimer's Disease: What Do Physicians Need to Know?
Host: Jennifer Shu, MD Guest: Jill Grimes, MD More than five million Americans struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. How can you determine if your patients' moments of forgetfulness are an early sign of...
View ArticleConsidering the Lifespan of Men
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Marianne Legato, MD What does the research show about why men as a whole approach healthcare differently than women? How do physical, mental and environmental factors...
View ArticleSafe Sex for Patients Over 60
Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD Dr. Stacy Tessler Lindau, assistant professor in the departments of OB/GYN and geriatrics and the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center,...
View ArticleEvaluating Elder Competency and Elder Abuse
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Lisa Gibbs Dr. Lisa Gibbs, associate professor in the department of family medicine at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, describes the different...
View ArticleDiagnosing Self-Neglect in the Elderly
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Lisa Gibbs How is self-neglect defined and how prevalent is it in the elderly population? Dr. Lisa Gibbs, professor in the department of family medicine at the...
View ArticleStudying Our Aging Population to Improve Healthcare
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: William Hall, MD Dr. William Hall, director of the Center for Healthy Aging at Highland Hospital in Rochester, New York, discusses with host Dr. Maurice Pickard the...
View ArticleThe Underpinnings of Exceptional Longevity
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Nir Barzilai, MD What does the latest research tell us about longevity? Dr. Nir Barzilai, director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College...
View ArticleThe Genetics of Methuselah
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Nir Barzilai, MD What is the role of insulin growth factor in longevity? Dr. Nir Barzilai, director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College...
View ArticleWorking With Caregivers of Dementia Patients
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Karen B. Hirschman, PhD, MSW Is there a best-practice approach to working with families of patients with dementia? Dr. Karen Hirschman, research assistant professor in...
View ArticleTailoring the Emergency Room for Older Patients
Host: Lee Freedman, MD Guest: William Thomas, MD Why are conventional emergency departments less than ideal environments for older patients, and how can EDs be acclimated for seniors? Dr. William...
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