Remove 2018 Remove Checkup Remove Diagnose Remove Medical
article thumbnail

Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Eric: For those of you don’t know, Emmy was on our podcast back in 2018 … man, pre-COVID times. Emmy: That, to me, is the ideal checkup-type situation. And I think relying on the DMV is maybe not always the answer: I think especially for people with maybe complex medical problems, medication, et cetera, all of that.

IT 102
article thumbnail

How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

We have two new FDA-approved medications that reduce that amyloid buildup and modestly slow down the progression of the disease. So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? But these tests were never designed to diagnose. Great to be back.