How Should You Approach a Geriatric Insomniac?

September 2, 2009

sleepGilda Boroumand, MS4

Faculty Peer Reviewed

Chronic insomnia, defined as difficulty with the initiation, maintenance, duration, and quality of sleep for at least one month, is a common complaint with significant impact on an individual’s daytime functioning and quality of life. It…

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Posted in Class Act, Geriatrics

Frailty- an emerging syndrome

August 21, 2008

Commentary by David Sutin MD, NYU Section 0f Geriatric Medicine

The Annual American Geriatric Society meeting, held May 2008, in Washington DC, was as usual fascinating. The meeting highlights included a lively discussion of the treatment of hypertension in the very elderly,…

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Posted in Geriatrics

Old age and frailty: Biology and Socio-cultural Constructs

August 21, 2008

41_01_52-elderly-people_web.jpgCommentary by Antonella Surbone MD PhD FACP, Department of Medicine, New York University Medical School, Clinical Correlations Ethics Section Editor

According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report of April 14th, 2008, the elderly comprise 12% of the U.S. population, and…

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Posted in Ethics, Geriatrics