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AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use: A Podcast with Todd Semla and Mike Steinman

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Hot off the press is a brand spanking new updated 2023 AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. The Beers Criteria is one of the most frequently cited reference tools in geriatrics, detailing potentially inappropriate medications to prescribe to older people.

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

Alex: We are honored to welcome Dr. Rajagopal, who goes by Raj, who is the author of Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Healthcare. Raj: It was indeed very, very gradual, and the seeds were sown when I was a medical student. The reasons are tied to the basically poor healthcare in low and middle income countries.

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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

GeriPal

I have felt as I’ve come through this field over the last, I guess 2003 is when I realized I wanted to be a palliative care doctor. You’re a disgruntled medical student. You’re thinking about dropping out of medical school. You’re talking about a paradigm shift in healthcare. It’s 1974.

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Marijuana: Top Ten Reasons for Descheduling, Rescheduling or Not

FDA Law

Not surprisingly, then-presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson, DEA Administrator from 2001 to 2003, did not sign the letter. The former officials implore following the science demonstrating marijuana’s high addictive potential, its lack of accepted medical use, and the rescheduling impact on prosecuting drug trafficking organizations.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

So we realized that we had a series of cross-sectional studies in San Francisco from the early 1990s to 2003. We looked at it and realized that in the early 1990s, 11% of folks were 50 and over, and by 2003, 37% were. So they need mainstream healthcare, and they need housing support. But nothing in healthcare.