Noteworthy articles that have appeared in major medical journals and other publications related to internal medicine and geriatrics are reviewed and critiqued. The critically appraised papers (CAPs) here were developed by geriatric fellows and faculty from the Mount Siani School of Medicine for the former Merck Institute of Aging and Health website that is now being housed here and will be upgraded in 2007. These CAPs: Review the work's internal validity Place the work in context of other known findings Determine how large and precise the results are Discuss the work's applicability to different types of geriatric patients Please select one of the browse options below to browse the Journal Club articles by topic or click here to see all Journal Club articles. To search by author or title, simply use the general search box at the top of each page.

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