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

GeriPal

2006 Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. It’s not a controlled substance medication. Eric: So I heard gabapentin is the 10th most commonly prescribed medication in the US. In psychiatry, a lot of the anti-epileptic medications, we call them mood stabilizers and are used in bipolar disorder.

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

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Alex: We are in the California Medical Facility and we will ask our guest about that. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program. Michele: Yep.

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

GeriPal

Alex: We’ve got a lot to talk about…what states are doing and cities are doing to support older adults in the community. 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. Lindsey: Thank you so much.

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RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data

Physician's Weekly

“He has no record in the scientific community of doing valid work,” said Dr. Walter Orenstein , a former CDC immunization director. It led to revocation of the elder Geier’s medical license and disciplinary action for David Geier for practicing medicine without a license. The two had access to the CDC database in 2004 and 2006.

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

GeriPal

And I graduated from medical school in the early 80s. So it felt like it was being part of this huge kind of change in the whole environment and the whole experience of that community. Peter 04:12 Well, I mean, my whole career really has sort of grown along with and moved through the AIDS epidemic. Meredith 09:33 Yes.

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

GeriPal

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. But for other- Diane: And it’s on the medical side. Whereas with comprehensive dementia care, what you really need is a lot of the support that is delivered in the community.

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Once again, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is in the line of fire

Common Sense Family Doctor

Please join me and hundreds of medical organizations in standing with AHRQ and preserving its vital contributions to the health of all Americans. ** For the past 30 years, a little-known U.S. Now the Department of Government Efficiency is trying again, threatening 90% staff reductions that would decimate the agency.