Benjamin Seligman

My mom was basically on her own caring for my grandmother when she had #dementia. We have a long to go, but comprehensive dementia care programs are helping families.

I didn't know it was so unpleasant to consult #geriatrics for help with prognostication.

Four years after graduation I was earning no money in medical school. Oops. (I did become a geriatrician, so maybe the joke is still on me).

Showed the abstract to my wife, who rolled her eyes so hard at the idea we needed a trial to find out we should give more pain control when placing #IUDs. She was even more shocked to see this was only just published in #JAMA. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

the fact that the NTSB is conducting a federal safety investigation of the helicopter crash, but nobody is going to do anything about the original deadly car crash, really shows just how few fucks our country gives about every day traffic violence that kills 40k people every year

This land was make for you and me. Happy #IndependenceDay. Happy 250th.

I often refer people to #hospice (normal in #geriatrics). If Oz wanted people on hospice to get palliative chemo or dialysis he could change the Medicare rules. He could make hospice facilities a thing so family caregivers aren't so overworked! What on earth is he wasting time on?

Thank you, @uclahealth.org for sharing my work! It's exciting that potentially important data on health and immunity are hidden in a TB test we routinely order. I hope this opens up new ways to study the immune system at a population level. www.uclahealth.org/news/release...

omg, omg, omg, I just learned that a different donor wants to donate $10,000 to our @3wishesprogram.bsky.social! I just started to cry.

Dr. @thanh-neville.bsky.social and @3wishesprogram.bsky.social do much to help patients and families cope with the end of life. If you can, help them unlock a $10k gift by joining me and 98 others with a small donation (literally any amount)!

Happily ditched cherry blossoms in Tokyo to take my niece to see her favorite cartoon character, but go on about how childless men don't care about kids.

I figure this is the place to celebrate: I finished reading my first novel in another language! #booksky #languagesky

Is this #demography erasure?

This is as clear a statement as can be written about being Jewish in America right now.

What a perfect description of age, period, and cohort effects. #demography

What people don't understand about #Osaka compared to the rest of Japan is that they're much more outgoing and happy to show what proper plumbing looks like in a way that doesn't inconvenience you.

The people criticizing Grumbach don't know how to enjoy some D-in-D. Difference-in-Difference, obviously.

ALL drugs are potentially unsafe. A rule of thumb in #geriatrics is that a new patient problem is likely from a new medication. It could be an interaction, it could be issues with drug metabolism. Many problems are better-address without medications at all. Prescribing is key to patient safety.

CCPR is excited to host @mikegeruso.bsky.social to discuss his book, After the Spike, Wednesday, Jan 11 @6pm, in UCLA's 314 Royce Hall. Comments by CCPR Director @marthajbailey.bsky.social & @philipncohen.com. Reception to follow. RSVP here: eventsrsvp.ucla.edu/CCPRLecture2...

This week CCPR's seminar series will feature @philipncohen.com discussing his book, "Research is Not Enough: Public Engagement and the Citizen Scholar." Join us on January 14 @12pm in Public Affairs 337.

COVID continues to exact heavy toll on older US adults, study suggests Roughly 1 in 100 adults aged 65 and older were hospitalized each year of the study period. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Just a couple shots protect you from having to bury your child. THIS ISN’T HARD. VACCINATE!

With the changes to the #CDC child vaccine schedule, expect to see more older adults get seriously ill from preventable #flu, #RSV, and #COVID infections. Vaccines for children protect the people who look after them, too.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but replacing an asshole with another asshole is only progress if you're doing anus transplants.

Oh, just get vaccinated (part 5,000) "Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found." (gift article)

"Ryleigh did not receive a #flu shot this year." Horrible. Preventable. Transmissible. I take care of older people and it's awful enough when they get seriously ill and disabled or die from severe flu. I never want to know the heartache when it's a child. Get #vaccinated.

Awful and potentially avoidable. Even if you think your kids will be fine, their grandparents might not be. Don't let your kids become viral vectors. #Vaccinate

I just finished two weeks covering the #geriatrics service. Every time, I guide families about the #caregiving needs of their loved ones. All the options rely on #immigrants to do the hardest work. Know-nothing white supremacy will harm older adults and their families

I may be preaching to the choir, but get your #flu shot! Scared of needles? There's an inhaled vaccine! Allergic to eggs? We've got recombinant and cell-based vaccines! Dislike the US #healthsystem? Any #vaccine at all will make you less likely to have to interact with it!

B-. Love the attempt at inclusion, but it doesn't do what dreidel does. @metrolosangeles.bsky.social, can you show DC how a real Metro does it? I'm willing to just settle for heavy rail on the Sepulveda Corridor instead.