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Biased research, aggressive sales, harmful drugs

The Health Policy Exchange

Although a 2007 meta-analysis first sounded the alarm about rosiglitazone's cardiovascular risks, the manufacturer successfully stalled regulatory action in the U.S. Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine The size of average doses would more than triple. Phillips, Jr.

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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

GeriPal

– Serious Illness Conversation Guide podcast. Myself personally, I was in PCEP at Harvard, I think like 2007 or something with Rachelle Bernacki and a bunch of other great people. We delighted to be joined by Brian Block, pulmonary/critical care faculty at UCSF and frequent guest host on GeriPal…and also nephew to Susan.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

The hot sauces progressed from mild to extreme (and I mean extreme) heat. Can I just say…it works? Being asked a question with your mouth on fire, sweat streaming down your face, feeling the most awake and terrified you have ever been in your life, forces you to give an unadorned answer, straight from the heart. Lynn: Okay. Anne: GeriPal edition.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

And then, the family, her kids got together, my wife and her brother and sister got together and said, wait a minute, mom did not want this, right? Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia. Before we go into this topic, who has a song request for Alex? Here we go.

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Well-being and Resilience: a Podcast with Jane Thomas, Naomi Saks, Ishwaria Subbiah

GeriPal

Well-being committees are popping up at every level of an organization. And C-suites now have chief wellness officers sitting at the table. Eric 01:54 Why’d you pick this song, Naomi? Naomi 01:57 Because it really talks about this beautiful experience of our beloved, which is ourselves, the part that we often cut out of the equation.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it.

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Health and Wealth Shocks: Lauren Hunt, Rebecca Rodin, Tsai-Chin Cho

GeriPal

-Alex Smith Additional links mentioned by Tsai-Chin Cho: – Wealth shocks and mortality in the US – Change in marital status as a risk for wealth shock ** NOTE: To claim CME credit for this episode, click here ** Transcript Eric 00:11 W elcome to the GeriPal p odcast. This is Eric Widera. Alex 00:12 This is Alex Smith. Is it you, Rebecca?

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