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Episode 262: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 18 – Remedying Health Inequities Driven by the Carceral System

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Milburn Smith Child Health Research, Outreach, and Advocacy Center at the Ann & Robert H. Incarceration negatively affects the physical and mental health of people who are incarcerated as well as their family members and loved ones, and limits access to healthcare before, during, and after incarceration.

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Episode 51 – Human Dx unknown with Rabih & Jefferson residents – Drs. Redfield & Dikdan – Fever, rash and joint pain

The Clinical Problem Solvers

She is a graduate of University of Maryland and received her MD from University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Her clinical interests include mental health disease, hepatology and functional gastroenterology. Human Dx Learn more here

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

Does it improve outcomes that patients, caregivers, and clinicians care about? hint: 80% can be done in advance by patients or caregivers) Why is it that some oncologists are resistant to conducting a geriatric assessment, yet have no problem ordering tests that cost thousands of dollars? Alex: How is your family doing?

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Medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications among US youth and young adults: An Introduction

BMJ

Two out of three drug overdose deaths in 2018 involved an opioid – be it prescription opioids, heroin, or synthetic opioids. Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency in 2017 and announced a 5-Point Strategy to Combat the Opioid Crisis , 4 the Surgeon General also released a Spotlight on Opioids.

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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

If you believe the evidence for efficacy to manage symptoms like neuropathic pain, how do you even start to think about recommending these products to patients? And then I met a patient in clinic once who asked me a lot of really intelligent questions about medical cannabis, what it does. Eloise, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

GeriPal

And it was really good for my mental and physical… Physical health, obviously, but mental health really. We see our patients and our families throughout the illness trajectory into the hospital. And maybe we should have more patient-centered conversations. We see them struggle, right?

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

And now what we have all been waiting for, our keynote speaker on today’s theme of mental health. Born into a family of physicians who warned her not to pursue medicine. In order to heal her patients she first had to heal her ailing profession. I give you Dr. Pamela Wible. Dr. Pamela Wible soon discovered why.

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