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  • August 2008

    • It's Health, Not Age, That Matters

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 26, 08 10:36 AM CDT

      It's Health, Not Age, That Matters

      (Newser) - At 72, John McCain would be the oldest person elected president, but should that matter to voters? Probably not, according to geriatrics experts consulted by the Wall Street Journal. “Aging has such a small impact on how we function that it is of minimal importance,” says one specialist. Though brain functions deteriorate with age, that decline is offset by experience, and older brains do unconscious work-arounds to compensate for slower retrieval speed. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Obama 2008  • retirement  • old age  • geriatric medicine

  • July 2008

    • A Medical Frontier: 100-Year-Olds In Surgery

      New York Times  |  Jul 18, 08 7:45 AM CDT

      A Medical Frontier: 100-Year-Olds In Surgery

      (Newser) - Life expectancy in the United States keeps rising: more than 90,000 Americans have celebrated a 100th birthday, and experts foresee more than 1 million centenarians by 2050. As lifespans have grown, so too have medical efforts to treat the very old, from hip replacements to chemotherapy. But as the New York Times reports, the medical community is divided over both the efficacy and the ethics of surgery for the "late elderly." More »

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      health care  • surgery  • elderly  • aging  • heart surgery  • geriatric medicine  • centenarians

  • May 2008

    • Slow Medicine Lets Elderly Go More Gracefully

      New York Times  |  May 5, 08 12:12 PM CDT

      Slow Medicine Lets Elderly Go More Gracefully

      (Newser) - In a medical culture seemingly aimed at reviving and resuscitating, the slow medicine approach instead allows elderly patients to weigh the risks and burdens of treatment against the likelihood that it will significantly extend their lives. For many seniors, the philosophy offers the freedom to choose comfort over cure, dying without the companionship of machines, the New York Times reports. More »

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      health care  • death  • nursing homes  • old age  • eldercare  • geriatric medicine  • end of life care

  • April 2008

    • Boomers Will Overrun Health System: Study

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 15, 08 2:14 PM CDT

      Boomers Will Overrun Health System: Study

      (Newser) - America’s healthcare system isn’t prepared to handle the wave of aging baby boomers about to hit, according to a sweeping government report released today. As that huge generation enters its 60s, the industry faces crisis-level workforce shortages, the Los Angeles Times r eports. “There will never be enough geriatricians,” said one professor of medicine. More »

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      health care  • nurses  • baby boomers  • geriatric medicine

    • Blood Pressure Drugs Cut Elderly Death Rate

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 1, 08 10:13 AM CDT

      Blood Pressure Drugs Cut Elderly Death Rate

      (Newser) - Death rates, heart attacks, and strokes among people over 80 can be cut significantly by common blood pressure medication rarely given to older people, finds a new large-scale study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine . The study found death rates among the elderly could be cut 21% and heart attacks by 64%, reports the Guardian . More »

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      heart attack  • hypertension  • eldercare  • geriatric medicine  • Imperial College London

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