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Quality over quantity. As people get older, their health care goals may shift away from living as long as possible to maintaining a good quality of life.…
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Having reached the average life expectancy for an American male, Dr. John Henning Schumann's father is acutely interested in his buddies' illnesses and treatments. Call it "medical me-tooism."
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The elderly population in America is set to double over the next fifty years. There will be 98 million elderly people - those 65 or older- by 2060,…
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As the number of older Americans grows, so does the need for geriatricians to care for them. But few medical students are interested in the specialty, which isn't particularly glamorous or lucrative.