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More than the rule of 2s: All about Meckel Diverticulum

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Clinically, Meckel diverticulum should be suspected in any child younger than 2 years of age with painless rectal bleeding. STAT Pearls, 2023 Wrap Up Meckel diverticulum is a congenital anomaly of the small intestine that can present with various clinical manifestations, including rectal bleeding and obstruction. .”

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FDA to Require Breast Density Notification Amongst Other Updates to Mammography Regulations

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See Government Accountability Office, “ GAO-06-724 Mammography: Current Nationwide Capacity Is Adequate, but Access Problems May Exist in Certain Locations ” (July 2006). A reader may miss a cancerous lesion if the image quality is poor, resulting in a false negative diagnosis, which could delay treatment and result in an avoidable death.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. There are clinics. Eric: And you’re also the medical director of the hospice unit here. Michele: Yep.

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HIV, Aging, and Palliative Care: Peter Selwyn and Meredith Greene

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Funding for research and clinical care is at risk, as USAID and PEPFAR (which is under USAID), are shuttered. And when she was here, she co founded the Golden Compass Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital for older adults living with HIV. Is a new diagnosis of HIV. If they did, it was before AIDS was a diagnosis.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

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Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. There’s so many great tech tools out there now that older adults are using and can use to really wrap around the social services and the clinical services.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

But what happened when we finally… When he did get the diagnosis, it all fell into place. So IU, we have been able to convert our paper, Chris Callahan paper that was published in 2006, the first clinical trial that was positive. So what that means is I take care of you just in my clinic, just in my hospital.