One critical way to change aging for the better is to radically alter the way in which doctors are compensated so that your visit is a real doctor-patient interaction, not an assembly-line model of efficiency.
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There is a simple reason why Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel’s essay on not wanting to live past the age of 75 created a storm of well-justified outrage.
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Episode 008 takes us through part 2 of Nate’s journey through Africa with Samite and Musicians for Word Harmony. We get to hear about the many different villages, communities, and schools that Nate and Samite visited. Nate describes the cultural differences of the communities he visited in Africa and how they are different (or the same) as those in the United States. Dr. Bill helps us decode Nate’s story and gives us great insight into the value of their travels and the work being done by so many people around the world.
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Nate is joined by Ithaca songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tenzin Chopak. Nate and Tenzin discuss the process of songwriting on a personal level. Sit back and learn about the visceral reaction that comes from listening to music and taking in lyrics.
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Traveling in my usual circles I don’t often encounter people who make their living provoking fears about aging. Recently however, one such merchant of fear did catch my attention.
Continue ReadingMike Nizza at the New York Times blog, The Lede, takes note of a recent report that shows measurable levels of prescription drugs in municipal water supplies. There are traces of sedatives in New York City’s water. Ibuprofen and naproxen in Washington, D.C. Anti-epileptic and anti-anxiety drugs in southern California. A 2,550 word article from […]
Continue ReadingDr. 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 […]
Continue Reading[Editor’s Note: Below is Dr. Thomas’ latest health column published bimonthly on www.timegoesby.net. Thanks to Ronni Bennett for inviting Bill to become the TGB Geriatrician.] The comments about age-related changes in sleep patterns posted in response to the piece I wrote on “Adaptation” reminded me of a patient I knew early in my practice. She […]
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