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Overtreatment of prostate cancer in the active surveillance era

Common Sense Family Doctor

James Stevermer and Kenneth Fink wrote in an AFP editorial : Few men diagnosed with and treated for prostate cancer will experience a mortality benefit, and an estimated 20% to 50% of those treated will never become symptomatic, even without treatment. Explaining the AAFP’s position, Drs. and 6.1%, respectively).

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . It is a heavy load and yet I think all of us here think that it can be lighter when there are supportive programs and community engagements in place. When was that, 2010? Eric: 2010. Transcript. This is Eric Widera.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

Ellen had been diagnosed with vascular dementia, peripheral vascular disease, and Type 2 diabetes. The number of nurse practitioners specializing in geriatrics has more than tripled since 2010, increasing the availability of care to the current population of seniors, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. They didn’t feel connected to the people in their broader community.

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Private Equity Gobbling Up Hospices plus Hospice and Dementia: Melissa Aldridge, Krista Harrison, & Lauren Hunt

GeriPal

That trajectory was in increase from 2000 to say, 2010. Eric: If I remember your article correctly, there was maybe some better things with for-profits, like more community engagement with low-income communities and more engagement with minority communities. And now about two thirds of the market is for-profit hospices.

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Palliative care for cancer: Podcast with Jennifer Temel and Areej El-Jawahri

GeriPal

So at least in my oncology community, I really didn’t have anyone guiding or supporting or mentoring me. Jennifer: It was 2010. Eric: 2010. The model is predominantly physicians, advanced practice providers. And my article is about when I was a mid to junior faculty member trying to build this career.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

GeriPal

So, for example, everyone who was diagnosed with an advanced or metastatic lung cancer had a prognosis on the order of months. Chris 07:41 Yeah, it’s a really interesting thing, because the 2010 article was solving the problem of, hey, send us patients, we promise we won’t kill them. What we know was evidence based before?