GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Summary Transcript Summary. We’ve talked at length on prior podcasts about the failures of aducnumab, Biogen, and the FDA’s decision to approve it. . But wait, there’s a shiny new anti-amyloid drug, lecanemab! (No No it’s not just the French version of Aducanumab). . In an article in the NEJM (a published article this time, wonder of wonders!)

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Jerry: Probably for the reason a lot of people go into geriatrics, close relationship with grandparents, volunteered to work in a nursing home as a high school student, just felt really good about being around old people and not having a problem with it. I’ve seen this question come up a lot since finishing fellowship nearly two decades ago.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As Thor notes, capturing patient stories has face validity as positively impacting the patients who share their stories and have them documented, and for the clinicians who get to truely and deeply know their patients in far greater depth than “what brought you to the hospital?” Eric’s blog post on Dignity Therapy from 2011.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

Our experts include Katie Fitzgerald Jones (palliative nurse practitioner and doctoral student at Boston College), Zachary Sager (palliative care physician at the Boston VA and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), and Janet Ho (physician at UCSF in addiction medicine and palliative care). But does this drug really live up to the hype? Right, Katie?

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GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

Haider is a physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the VA in Boston. And then one day when I was in my third year of medical school, I was in the gym and I hurt my back in a really horrific way. Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Haider. Haider: Thank you guys so much for having me back. This is hurting me.

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