By Dr. Gary Blanchard Q: Doctor, I take so many medications. After awhile, I really wonder whether I need to be taking so many of them. How do I know if they’re interacting with each other? How do I know which ones I really need to take? I think they’re making me tired and not [...]
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Are your prescription drugs doing more harm than good?
Posted on 29 June 2010.
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Do adult children worry too much about their elderly parents?
Posted on 26 May 2010.
I am in my late 70s and my daughter is terrific about taking care of me and her father, who is in his early 80s and not in the best of health. I love my daughter, but sometimes we feel more like her children than her parents.
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Caregiver burnout: The challenges of the Alzheimer’s patient
Posted on 30 April 2010.
I am feeling really tired and stressed, with no time for myself. Please help.
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Feeling down and tired is not due to old age
Posted on 20 April 2010.
Q: Dr. Blanchard, I’ve been feeling tired and run down for some time. I just spend most of the day in bed now because I don’t have any energy anymore.
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New column aims to answer reader concerns about aging
Posted on 06 April 2010.
Hello, everyone. I am an endangered species. I am the rarest breed of physician imaginable — someone who not only enjoys taking care of older patients, but actually chose to specialize in taking care of no one but them for a living.
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How an elderly patient inspired a doctor’s choice of profession
Posted on 06 April 2010.
Her spindly legs dangled off the disheveled bed. They swung and swiveled in midair, vainly trying — it appeared — to tread water. Lurking nearby, her oxygen tubing snaked unsuspectingly just beneath her feet — a well-placed booby trap, I imagined, ready to knot on just the slightest sneaker pressure and suspend my new acquaintance upside down from the chandelier.
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