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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

These factors may have impacted their diet, physical activity, and medications, thus impacting their creatinine levels and the inputs that we use for GFR. This reminds us that using race as a catch-all can shroud other factors (ex. structural racism) that more rigorously account for differences observed between groups. Am J Kidney Dis.

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

But when I retired from government service, I left Kalakkad in 2002. Eric: And at that time, so around 2002, so you had palliative care kind of localized in particular parts of India, what were the big barriers to delivering palliative care outside of those areas or even inside those areas? Healthcare industry cannot do it.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

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In 2002, 1% of adults were taking gabapentinoids (gabapentin and or pregabalin). Summary Transcript Summary Gabapentin is the 10th most prescribed drug in the United States and use is increasing. By 2015 that number increased to 4% of US adults. There are a lot of reasons that may explain the massive increase in use of these drugs.