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We keep prescribing. That's the default. Every new symptom, a new pill. Before you know it, an 85-year-old is juggling eleven medications — some to co...
If you're a geriatrician, a nurse practitioner in a memory clinic, or a care coordinator in a post-acute unit, you've probably felt the pull: grip str...
I watched a 78-year-old patient cycle up a 7% grade at 95 RPM. Her resting heart rate was 54. Her grip strength was average—barely in the green zone o...
Standard geriatric care works well for blood pressure and bone density. But it has a blind spot the size of a cell. Mitochondria—the organelles that c...