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Colorectal Cancer in Younger Individuals & The Importance of Hereditary Cancer TestingĀ 

Myriad Genetics

Colorectal cancer, once considered a disease of the elderly, is now increasingly affecting younger individuals. A study by the American Cancer Society and published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians found that half of all new colorectal cancer diagnoses are in people 66 and younger. Another key issue is family history.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

Noelle Marie 01:24 I think it really speaks a lot to my own personal journey and I’m pretty sure a lot of trans and gender diverse individuals also resonate with and it really speaks about our transition, celebrating our authentic selves, how society views us and how we view ourselves when we stand in front of a mirror.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Jessie: Yes. Jessie: Exactly. Eric: Which brings us to an article.

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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. And then the second one in 2015. They may have few family members, live alone.

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

GeriPal

And yet, disenrollment from hospice, either due to patient/family revoking the benefit or stabilization of illness (extended prognosis) is remarkably high for people with dementia among some hospices. It’s really a pretty traumatic experience for a lot of patients and families. And I had a blast playing Take the Money and Run!

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

What happened is that firstly, in terms of my clinical background, my background is psycho-oncology, so that’s working with patients with cancer and their families, including when they’re going through periods. The MAID issue then came on the table in Canada after the 2015 Supreme Court ruling in Carter v.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

So we really wondered, you know, in modern palliative care practice, where we’re seeing patients a lot farther upstream than we used to, and we’re seeing patients with a wider range of diagnoses, we wanted to update, sort of. God, it must have been like 2015, 2016. What are the prognoses associated with various PPS scores?

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