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Published on 2009-11-20 21:49:00
Overdosing our Elderly Ray Fernandez A recent article published in the Wall Street Journal entitled Prescription Abuse Seen In U.S. Nursing Homes seems to have taken a lot of people by surprise.According to the report, it is estimated that 21% of nursing home patients who don’t have psychosis diagnosis are on antipsychotic drugs.The article goes on to say “In recent years, Medicaid has spent more money on antipsychotic drugs for Americans than on any other class of pharmaceuticals — inclu
Published on 2009-11-20 21:24:00
The Shrinking Brain Medicine NetA woman in her early 50s was admitted to a hospital because of increasingly odd behavior. Her family reported that she had been showing memory problems and strong feelings of jealousy. She also had become disoriented at home and was hiding objects. During a doctor's examination, the woman was unable to remember her husband's name, the year, or how long she had been at the hospital. She could read but did not seem to understand what she read, and she stressed
Published on 2009-08-25 01:57:00
Centenarians John W. S. We are no longer a youthful society. The proportion of individuals at different ages has become increasingly similar. Since the beginning of recorded history, life span, the maximum number of years an individual can live, has remained at approximately 120 to 125 years of age. Since 1900, improvement in medicine, nutrition, exercise, andlifestyle have increased our life expectancy an average of 30 additional years. In industrialized countries, the number of c
