Palliative care at the end of life; Older adults often victims of adverse drug events (ADEs)

Choosing the appropriate drug and dosage and helping patients surmount the cost barrier can be matters of life and death for this vulnerable population.

Bone fractures associated with osteoporosis and low bone mass are a major hazard for elderly patients.

Beyond the office visit: Caring for chronically ill patients; The diabetes dilemma; Predicting fracture risk

Higher education only partially protects brain from cognitive decline; Zinc supplements may lower pneumonia incidence; Time to hospital critical in acute stroke; Diagnosis of DVT in older patients challenging at best

Elevated BMI may not impair cognitive function; No evidence that assisted dying imposed on the older old; Mediterranean diet may slow advancement of AD

Calcium plus vitamin D may equal lower fracture risk; Vegetable consumption may reduce risk of aggressive prostate cancer; Halting statin therapy poststroke may be detrimental

Cognitive decline and stroke may share ties; Heart failure risk climbs with use of glitazones; H2 A use in African Americans elevates risk of cognitive loss; CAM remedies for arthritis: A look at the evidence

Rheumatoid arthritis patients prefer status quo treatment; Steady physical activity may cut fracture risk in men; High-carb diet may boost women's risk of CVD; Stroke symptoms too often are not taken seriously by patients; Cell injection has potential as treatment for incontinence in women; Community hospitals safely deliver t-PA for acute ischemic stroke; IP patients with cancer have increased mortality risk