Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

For physicians, nurses, medical assistants, and support staff, workplace violence (WPV) is now a daily hazard, inflicting physical injury, emotional trauma, and eroding the quality of patient care. The emergency room has become a pressure cooker, and healthcare professionals are paying the price.

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GeriPal

MARCH 2, 2023

The FDA-approved indications for gabapentin are only for treating patients with partial seizures or postherpetic neuralgia. valproic acid and gabapentin), in nursing homes, particularly patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. There are a lot of reasons that may explain the massive increase in use of these drugs.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Initially, it was just because there weren’t really answers for my patients. That’s where it really gets to this individual risks and balances, individual situation. We’re going to go into how to talk to patients about this, because Emmy, you’ve done some research on it. Alex: Yeah. Eric: Yeah.

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Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

In fact, most sore throat symptoms resolve in three days for 60-70% of patients, according to March 2025 UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision support system used by healthcare professionals. Most sore throats are common cases, so it can be hard to know when to seek urgent care or when to just rest at home.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Second, Hospice was originally designed for patients with advanced cancer, but the fastest growing admitting diagnosis is dementia. Krista Harrison found , to her surprise, that caregivers of people with dementia who died rated hospice as well as similar patients without dementia who died on hospice. AlexSmithMD. Transcript.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

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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Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. We talk a lot about people being unhoused, which I think takes the blame away from the individual and kind of de. Naheed 15:56 2014. Eric 15:57 2014. those experiencing homelessness). Yeah, yeah.

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