ArticleGeriatrics update 2015: Vaccination, frailty, chronic disease guidelines, and cognitionAuthor:Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD, FACP, CMDPublish date: August 1, 2015Chronic disease-management guidelines are starting to recognize vulnerable elders.Read More
ArticleShould nursing home residents with atrial fibrillation be anticoagulated?Author:Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD, FACP, CMDPublish date: January 1, 2004Anticoagulation is underused in long-term care patients with atrial fibrillation; most would benefit.Read More
ArticleDoes this patient have Alzheimer disease? Diagnosing and treating dementiaAuthor:Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD, FACP, CMDPublish date: September 1, 2003Three patients come to your office. Can you be sure any of them has Alzheimer disease—or does not?Read More
ArticleIs there a relationship between hypertension and cognitive function in older adults?Author:Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD, FACP, CMDPublish date: September 1, 2002Yes, and there is some evidence that treating hypertension protects against cognitive decline later in life.Read More
ArticleHow to assess and counsel the older driverAuthor:Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD, FACP, CMDPublish date: March 1, 2002Suggesting that a patient stop driving is never easy, yet taking no action may result in deadly consequences.Read More
ArticleAnticoagulation therapy in an elderly woman with atrial fibrillationAuthor:Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD, FACP, CMDPublish date: June 1, 2001What is the cause of this patient's symptoms? A self-test on a clinical case.Read More
