September 2, 2009
Gilda 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
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
August 21, 2008
Commentary 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
