Volume 20 - Number 3 - March 2012

Clinical Geriatrics

AGS Spotlight
AGS Spotlight
Making Use of the 2012 Beers Criteria
03/19/2012
Barney S. Spivack, MD, FACP, AGSF, CMD
Among older adults, drug side effects, drug-drug interactions and other adverse drug events (ADEs) are common, but often preventable.
03/19/2012
First Report®
First Report®
American Epilepsy Society (AES) 65th Annual Meeting
03/19/2012
American Epilepsy Society (AES) 65th Annual Meeting: December 2-6, 2011; Baltimore, MD
03/19/2012
First Report®
First Report®
American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) 28th Annual Meeting
03/19/2012
American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) 28th Annual Meeting: February 23-26, 2012; Palm Springs, CA
03/19/2012
Physician's Perspective
Physician's Perspective
Medication Interactions in Dementia: One Pill’s Benefit may be Another Pill’s Downfall
03/19/2012
Steven R. Gambert, MD, AGSF, MACP
Alzheimer’s disease is a challenging disease to manage, but there has been considerable research in this area, helping to shed light on this disease’s physiology.
03/19/2012
Neurological Disorders and Diseases
Neurological Disorders and Diseases
Pharmacological Therapy of Alzheimer’s Disease: Current and Investigated Treatments
03/19/2012
Beverly N. Greenspan, PhD, MD; Tullio Palmerini, MD
Currently approved pharmacological treatments for AD consist of central cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine, whose benefits are modest but well documented.
03/19/2012
Case Report
Case Report
Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Following Electronic Cigarette Use in an Elderly Woman
03/16/2012
Mukaila Raji, MD, MS, FACP; Sarah Toombs Smith, PhD; Anwar E. Monroy, MD; Erin Hommel, MD
Smoking cessation can decrease morbidity and mortality and improve quality of life, including in elders.
03/16/2012
Cancer in Older Adults
Cancer in Older Adults
Cancer Screening in Older Persons
03/16/2012
Arash Naeim, MD, PhD; Carey Gross, MD; Melissa Jill Cohen, MD; Theodore T. Suh, MD, PhD, MHS
Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States.
03/16/2012
PhotoDx
PhotoDx
Bilateral Flank Pain in an Older Adult
03/16/2012
Nancy Lutwak, MD; Curt Dill, MD
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common primary malignancy of the kidneys.
03/16/2012