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75 Biliary Tract Diseases Noor Mohammed, Vinod S. Hegade, Sulleman Moreea General Considerations Chapter 74 describes diseases of the liver as they affect older adults. This chapter will examine the…

108 Sleep in Relation to Aging, Frailty, and Cognition Roxanne Sterniczuk, Benjamin Rusak Sleep and Health Getting adequate sleep and maintaining normal daily sleep-wake rhythms are important to sustaining good…

91 Blood Disorders in Older Adults William B. Ershler There is an old maxim—“Hematology is the study of blood, and the organs it perfuses.” This would seem particularly germane to…

58 Epilepsy Khalid Hamandi Introduction Epileptic seizures are typically short lived and transitory but nonetheless have the potential for considerable disability because of the unpredictable nature of attacks, the risk…

126 Education in Geriatric Medicine Adam L. Gordon, Ruth E. Hubbard Midway through the second decade of the twenty-first century, geriatric medicine finds itself at an interesting crossroads. There seems…

125 Institutional Long-Term Care in the United States Joseph G. Ouslander Overview The purpose of this chapter is to give readers a brief perspective on institutional long-term care (LTC) in…

122 Geriatrics in Asia Jean Woo There is varying information about older adults in countries other than Europe and North America. In general, characteristics of older adults in Asia are…

117 Geriatric Emergency and Prehospital Care Jacques S. Lee, Judah Goldstein Emergency Medicine in Context The arrival of the aging baby boomers has been anticipated for over a decade. The…

84 Aging Males and Testosterone Frederick Wu, Tomas Ahern Introduction As men age, testosterone levels fall, leading to speculation that testosterone supplementation can ameliorate age-related deterioration in physical and psychological…

2 The Epidemiology of Aging Carol Jagger Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going…