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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

The initial RCT published on physician coaching in JAMA in 2019 showing that coaching improves quality of life. ” Eric: It strikes me that there also seems to be a difference between coaching a team, like many of us are familiar with, and this individual coaching, although there may be group coaching as well. We learn in context.

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

BMJ

Besides the risks to an individual, there are also population-level harms from normalizing certain harmful behaviors (e.g., It is imperative for policy makers, school administrators, healthcare professionals, and parents to become aware of these emerging dangers and take appropriate steps, like what has been done for the opioid epidemic.

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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and related factors among primary health care workers in a district of Istanbul: A cross-sectional study from Turkey

BMJ

Family physicians and family health workers, considered reliable sources of vaccine information, have a unique position where individuals in rural and urban areas can access frequently, uninterruptedly, cheaply, and easily [2]. Two hundred seventy-six of the healthcare professionals were reached (response rate: 85.4%).

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AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use: A Podcast with Todd Semla and Mike Steinman

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Mike: 2019. Eric: 2019. I was one of the authors on that paper, and tried to do an update in 2019, but for various reasons it fell through. Eric: Or another good example is like for individuals with dementia. Eric: And when was the last update? So is the plan updated every four years? Todd: Well, we try every three years.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

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AFP 2019 Gabapentin for chronic neuropathic pain in adults. I also heard that if you look at all individuals in the US, about 4% of individuals are taking one of the gabapentinoids, 10% over 65. JAGS 2022 Trends in Antipsychotic and Mood Stabilizer Prescribing in Long-Term Care in the U.S.: Nisha: Both of them are generic, yeah.

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Is 2023 the Year for OTC Naloxone?

FDA Law Blog

Many states already have standing orders that allow for the dispensing of naloxone without an individual prescription and other public health initiatives to increase naloxone access.

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

GeriPal

I think some of that is from some of my thinking about maybe what I can potentially think about with the individual to support them. ” Eric: And I remember from my last podcast, Ashwin, it was about individualizing our approach to loneliness too, right? I would say that I primarily skew my questioning towards isolation.

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