USA Today has a nice write up on some good news for people living with osteoporsis. “A new once-a-year intravenous osteoporosis treatment significantly reduced the risk of additional fractures and death in men and women who had broken a hip, researchers reported Monday.” An estimated 10 million Americans have osteoporosis — 20% of them men […]

“Her readers call her “the little granny,” and for eight months she has engrossed them with her ruminations on the present and her recollections of the past. Since her debut in cyberspace in December, María Amelia López, 95, has drawn thousands of readers from across the globe with an incisive blog.” Read the rest of […]

Nurses agree, this is not exactly news.

Opened my mailbox today (the real metal kind of mailbox at the end of the driveway) and found an interesting article in the most recent edition of the AMA News. “Trials of Treating the Elderly” offers a nice introduction to the risks new drugs pose to older patients. The Money Quote: “Older participants are not […]

The New York Times has a nice piece on the City of San Francisco’s efforts to provide health insurance to uninsured adults. This is good news because it shows that the system can be changed when principled people put their minds to work on “system change.” Still, the San Francisco program is best categorized as […]

A report on national service by one of our national news magazines is a good thing but what message do Time’s editors choose to emphasize with the cover art? National Service is, or could be, a good thing. (Full disclosure, I never served in the military, Peace Corp, Vista or any other kind of National […]

Dr. Bill Thomas is an international authority on geriatric medicine and eldercare. He is a professor at the Erickson School at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and has been heavily involved in the culture change movement to promote elderhood as an honorable and valuable position in our society. Click here to read more. Eldertopia […]

Dr. Bill Thomas is an international authority on geriatric medicine and eldercare. He is a professor at the Erickson School and has been heavily involved in the culture change movement to promote elderhood as an honorable and valuable position in our society. He is the founder of the Eden Alternative, a philosophy and program that […]