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RSV: Recognizing RSV Symptoms in Adults

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Updated January 22, 2025 Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a common respiratory infection that can affect individuals of all ages, but it is particularly prevalent in young children and older adults. Coughing and Sneezing: Respiratory symptoms such as coughing and sneezing are common in all these illnesses.

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Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

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Jenny Chen is a palliative care fellow at Yale who regularly sings for her seriously ill patients. I am not a board certified. I am not a certified music therapist. I let my boards lapse a few years ago. Anyways, the current study is looking at the impact of music on well being after a new dementia diagnosis.

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Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

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We discussed what makes an illness terminal, what goes into assessing capacity for an action as simple as requesting something to drink, and whether the TV show Severance illuminates any of these answers. But before we talk about this subject, about nutrition, hydration at the end of life, people with advanced illness, or maybe not so much.

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