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Rheumatology is dedicated to the study of rheumatic diseases and musculoskeletal disorders, which are responsible for approximately one in 10 primary care office visits.1 There are over 100 rheumatologic disorders, and radiologic studies play a major role in establishing their diagnosis and monitoring improvement.2 Arthritic disorders are commonplace in the elderly and represent a significant degree of morbidity and even mortality for the geriatric population. Osteoarthritis is present in nearly 70% of those over 70 years of age.3 In addition, one in two women and one in four men over age 50 y

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These examination questions are based on the article “Lipid-Lowering Medications in the Elderly,” which appears on pages 36-44 in this issue of Clinical Geriatrics.

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There has been a great deal written in the recent past about the effects of fatigue on resident work performance. Residency programs have had to incorporate a variety of mandates in relation to resident work hours, including a maximum of 80 hours worked per week, one day off on average in seven, no more than 24 consecutive hours providing direct patient care, among others. Fatigue, however, is not something unique to residents in training. In fact, it accounts for approximately 10 million visits a year to the primary care physician, with the majority being persons over age 50. I thought it wou

An estimated 22% of adults 65 years of age or older have Alzheimer’s disease (AD).1 Because the incidence of AD doubles every 5 years after age 65, its prevalence is expected to increase as the United States population ages.2 The impact of this neurodegenerative disease encompasses a range of symptoms affecting cognition, function, and behavior.

Like many other diseases, there is a spectrum of continuum for AD, and there are different features at each stage. Artificially, the spectrum has been divided into mild, moderate, and severe stages. In the mild stage (Mini-Mental State Examinatio

ORAL HEALTH IN OLDER MALE CANCER PATIENTS
In a recent secondary analysis of a prospective observational study published in The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, researchers reported that mouth or tooth problems that cause difficulty eating in older male patients with cancer are associated with a greater risk of experiencing a lower quality of life, poorer emotional health, lower levels of physical functioning, and greater pain than in those without these problems.

Sally S. Ingram, MD, and coauthors assessed the surveys of 150 male community-dwelling cancer patients (mean age, 67

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