The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Tsai has seen race-based medicine play out in clinical practice 10:45 What role should race play in making clinical decisions? 13:16 Status of the current conversation on removing race from eGFR calculators: why is it so contentious? Poet Marge Piercy has written, “The work of the world is as common as mud.”

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Bronchopulmonary sequestration is a rare type of congenital lung malformation (CLM) in which a section of lung tissue is nonfunctional and does not communicate with the normal tracheobronchial tree. Resolution of symptoms in patients with community-acquired pneumonia treated on an ambulatory basis. 2004 Nov;49(4):302-9. 2003.11.013.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 23, 2021

Janet Woodcock’s leadership, identified the need for more systematic patient engagement — a way to improve representativeness and be more proactive rather than reactive to interacting with patient communities. So, we crafted the Patient-Focused Drug Development, or PFDD, a commitment that was agreed to in PDUFA V.

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Tiny Physician

AUGUST 12, 2021

Health facilities and the health-seeking behavior of the community are far superior as compared to national standards. In the year 2016 Trivandrum Medical College: the most prestigious medical college of Kerala, released a circular which mentioned a dress code for boys and girls. It includes certain dress codes also.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

So Carmen and Katie developed an EMS Community Partnership program. They created a seamless link between this Community Partnership program and 911 calls for falls. Eric and I enjoyed talking with Carmen and Katie about this innovative and common sense approach to addressing falls in the community. Their job was done.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Understand how engaged community-based work, centered on trust and accountability, has supported the health of communities served by Oakland, CA’s Asian Health Service. By appreciating the impact of factors affecting entire communities, we can be better positioned to act upon them.

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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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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 30, 2022

Pearls Black and Indigenous birthing people are 3-13 times more likely to die in childbirth, with the rate varying by location and level of investment in communities. The exact statistics vary by location and by the overall level of investment in services such as childcare and parental leave within each community.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Show me your scars.” Scars, really? I’ve been there. You probably have too. On the one hand, I don’t think interprofessional teamwork needs to be scarring. On the other hand, though it goes against my middle-child “can’t we all get along” nature, disagreement is a key aspect of high functioning teams. Alex 02:38 Love it.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Despite the emphasis on U=U as a key HIV prevention strategy since 2016, none of the included studies explicitly described U=U or U=U messaging as an intervention component,” the researchers wrote. The researchers recommended including community members in intervention design, healthcare systems, and policies.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The hot sauces progressed from mild to extreme (and I mean extreme) heat. Can I just say…it works? Being asked a question with your mouth on fire, sweat streaming down your face, feeling the most awake and terrified you have ever been in your life, forces you to give an unadorned answer, straight from the heart. Lynn: Okay. Anne: GeriPal edition.

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GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

We used all of our political capital to make sure it happens in Chicago, which is where we started for the literature Updates back in 2016, back when it was just me and Ken, and then we brought in Alex, like two years later. Annie 05:16 So if you look back in history, I think Eric and Ken have been doing this since 2016. Of course.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I think back in what, May 2016, you published a randomized controlled trial, first author, palliative care and the ED randomized study, cancer patients. Eric 04:26 So that 2016 study was in the ED, but it was getting specialty palliative care to see them when they were hospitalized, is that right? They got feedback. So did it matter?

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Summary Transcript Summary. Eric and I weren’t sure what to call this podcast – storytelling and medicine? Narrative medicine? We discussed it with today’s guests Heather Coats, palliative care NP-scientist, and Thor Ringler, poet. It wasn’t until the end that the best term emerged – storycatching. It’s since spread to over 70 VAs.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Kate: The problem is we communicate late, we share prognosis late, we elicit goals and values late, so all the time while they’re in the ICU getting prolonged intensive care, we don’t really know that we’re providing goal concordant care, so we wanted to nudge it a little upstream. I’m just stunned even writing that!

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

The number of people who have used MAID in Canada since it was legalized in 2016 has increased year on year from about 1,000 people in the first year to over 13,000 people in 2022. Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Four percent. It is the slippery slope made real.

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BMJ

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Fam Med Community Health. Tobacco and Marijuana Use Among US College and Noncollege Young Adults, 2002-2016. 2 Were it to be placed in its own separate category, drug overdose would still remain one of the 10 leading causes of death in the country. 2 Opioids contribute a large share of this overdose crisis. 2021 Jan;9(1):e000374.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

So at least in my oncology community, I really didn’t have anyone guiding or supporting or mentoring me. Jennifer’s study is most widely known for the “kicker” – not only did it improve quality of life, palliative care was associated with a couple months longer survival. . Alex: Can’t tell…maybe a little bit.

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GeriPal

MARCH 30, 2023

Then I got online as a patient advocate and started connecting with the brain tumor community on social media and Facebook and Twitter, and actually started working in the healthcare space, in palliative care advocacy, for a palliative care advocacy organization in California, which is where I’m based, about eight years ago.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

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. We’re going to be talking about each one of these papers. But before we do, I think somebody has a song request.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia. Before we go into this topic, who has a song request for Alex? It was Remember Me. Was that the title? Alex: I think it’s I Will Remember You. Joel: Yeah, right, I Will Remember You, right. Alex: … Sarah McLachlan.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 21, 2024

We wondered how given that HHS and the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) conducted eight-factor scheduling analyses in 2016, concluding that there was “no substantial evidence that marijuana should be removed from Schedule I.” 12, 2016) ; Denial of Petition to Initiate Proceedings to reschedule Marijuana, 81 Fed. 12, 2016).

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BMJ

JUNE 25, 2021

Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000780. Health Survey for England 2016: Prescribed Medicines.; By Lisanne Andra Gitsels and Elena Kulinskaya Reference: Gitsels LA , Bakbergenuly I , Steel N , et al, Do statins reduce mortality in older people?

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GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

How has the history of redlining and the federal tax subsidy of wealthy (mostly white) people in the form of a mortgage interest deduction contributed to racial inequalities in homelessness? What can we do about it? What are the highest yield interventions and policy changes? What should we call it – homeless or unhoused? Eric: I love this.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

Next, we talk with James Deardorff about whether we can accurately predict nursing home level of care in community-dwelling older adults with dementia. The PPS is one of the most widely used prognostic tools for seriously ill patients, but the prognostic estimates given by the PPS are based on data that is well over a decade old. You got it.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

There has been no evidence that marijuana’s schedule should change since the last rescheduling review in 2016. The former officials implore following the science demonstrating marijuana’s high addictive potential, its lack of accepted medical use, and the rescheduling impact on prosecuting drug trafficking organizations.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary We’ve talked a lot about comprehensive dementia care on the GeriPal podcast but while the evidence is clear that these programs work, the uptake has been limited largely because there hasn’t been a strong financial case for it. It requires a fight. It’s been going on for many decades now. Malaz: I love it.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 23, 2024

In 2016, DEA issued a guidance letter to at least one company stating that delivery or dispensing to a practitioner’s office for administration to the patient was not addressed in the CSA or DEA regulations and therefore not specifically prohibited. Highly concentrated opioid formulations (e.g., fentanyl, morphine, hydromorphone, etc.)

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