CDOCS

APRIL 14, 2021

& When I began practicing in 2009, I joined a practice that had a Redcam in the corner collecting dust.& & When I began practicing in 2009, I joined a practice that had a Redcam in the corner collecting dust.& & & First, you’re getting a CEREC system for single unit posteriors.&

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 28, 2025

In a 2024 American Family Physician editorial , Dr. Doug Campos-Outcalt reviewed best practices for diagnosis and prevention of measles. For comparison, there were 285 cases of measles in the United States in 2024, and there have already been more reported cases than in all but two years since 2000.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

2021 Association of Hospice Profit Status With Family Caregivers’ Reported Care Experiences. For others, this piece, while painful to read, gave voice to what they have been feeling over the last decade – hospice has in some ways lost its way in a quest of promoting profit over care. JAMA Health Forum. Is it you, Ira? Eric: Great.

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GeriPal

MARCH 2, 2023

This long and sordid history of gabapentin and pregabalin is beautifully described in Seth Landefeld and Mike Steinman 2009 NEJM editorial. 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. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Review. Annals of IM.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Do target trials differ from randomized trials and “ordinary” observational studies, or do they differ?!? Eric is skeptical. Bottom line: if faced with the decision to initiate dialysis, waiting is generally better. Let it be (hint hint). Again, we’re going to be talking about conservative management versus dialysis in older adults.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

We’ve invited two death doulas, Jane Euler and John Loughnane (who is also a family doc and palliative care physician), to talk about the role of a doula at the end of life. I’m unsure what they do, how often they’re used, and who pays for their work. But before we jump into that topic, John, do you have the song request for Alex?

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

The Lived Experience of Providing Feeding Assistance to a Family Member with Dementia. For a deeper dive, check out some of these other studies and resources we talked about in the podcast: The Influence of Nursing Home Culture on the Use of Feeding Tubes. Archives of Internal Medicine 2010. Rehabbed to Death. Caroline: Thanks, Alex.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I cant do the primary thing Ive been trained to do: ABC, ABC, ABCs. 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. They got training in Vital Talk and ELNEC. They got feedback. So did it matter? Fernanda 01:16 I do have a song request.

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FDA Law

MAY 14, 2021

In 2009, Congress specifically exempted “tobacco or menthol” when it prohibited all other flavored cigarettes under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA)’s “ Special Rule for Cigarettes.” 111-58, at 38-39 (2009). Federal actions on menthol cigarettes. 21 U.S.C. § 387 (notes to statute, § 3, ¶ 7).

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FDA Law

MAY 14, 2021

In 2009, Congress specifically exempted “tobacco or menthol” when it prohibited all other flavored cigarettes under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA)’s “ Special Rule for Cigarettes.” 111-58, at 38-39 (2009). Federal actions on menthol cigarettes. 21 U.S.C. § 387 (notes to statute, § 3, ¶ 7).

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

For some background (which is covered in more detail in one of our previous posts on the subject ), in 2009, Congress specifically exempted tobacco or menthol when it prohibited all other flavored cigarettes under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA)s Special Rule for Cigarettes. 111-58, at 38-39 (2009).

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 27, 2025

Conteh was working as a nurse in a hospital in Sierra Leone in 2009 when she learned of a lottery for visas to come to the United States. Conteh said taking care of elders is embedded in the culture of African families. Care for 6 in 10 residents is paid for by Medicaid , the state-federal health program for poor or disabled Americans.

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