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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

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Summary Transcript CME Summary Weve covered psychedelics on the podcast beforefirst in 2019 with Ira Byock, where we explored their potential role in medicine , and then again in 2023 with Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, and Theora Cimino, focusing on the reasons to approach psychedelic use in patients with caution. This is Eric Widera.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

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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. Inviting them to brainstorm into that process can be important.

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Loss of DEI Hurts Everyone: Farah Stockman, Ali Thomas, Ken Covinsky

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You look at the physical body and you ask yourself, can you afford to lose diversity? I took my kids in 2019, 2020. Ken, I’m going to turn to you first and maybe ask you to maybe hone in on the geriatric seriously ill population. And they ended up not making the change. It was a foolish change. You have to have diversity.

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