Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 6, 2025

is now 60 or older, leading to a greater need for healthcare professionals. To meet this need, local initiatives like CT Health Horizons are working to train professionals and improve care in the region. Connecticut’s older population is growing; 24.5%

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

Should we use Ozempic (if we can find it) in patients with serious illness, which often results in undesirable and profound weight loss? The post Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Listen in to learn more!

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Diabetes Management Patient-Centered Family 74

My Green Doctor

MAY 29, 2025

According to the World Health Organization, climate change will cause an additional 250,000 deaths every year between 2030 and 2050. We must transform healthcare into a frontline responder for climate resilience. It is a public health catastrophe—and it’s claiming lives every day. These deaths will not be evenly distributed.

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Healthcare Professional Healthcare Finance Education 52

GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary I always find cachexia in serious illness puzzling. In today’s podcast, we had the opportunity to learn from a renowned expert in palliative care, Eduardo Bruera, about cachexia and anorexia in serious illness. It’s just that they look like a big bmI, but they lost 15, 2030 pounds.

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Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT 133

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Alex: So potentially really splitting out the before death and the after death components when we’re talking about what’s important to people who are facing serious illness. That’s at every conversation I share, “These are the statistics, this is what’s going to happen by 2030, 2050. Alex: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

The PPS is one of the most widely used prognostic tools for seriously ill patients, but the prognostic estimates given by the PPS are based on data that is well over a decade old. So the palliative performance scale, or PPS, is essentially a tool to help clinicians with prognostication for seriously ill or palliative care populations.

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