Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 6, 2025

The state’s Department of Labor projects that healthcare practitioners and healthcare support occupations will see greater employment through 2030, particularly in chronic care and family medicine. Notable schools include: Yale School of Medicine: Yale School of Medicine consistently ranks among America’s top medical schools.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Professional Education 52

GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. What are the risks and rewards of new classes of medications? When I’m on nursing home call, the most common page I receive is for a blood sugar value. How high is too high?

Diabetes 74

Diabetes Management Patient-Centered Families 74

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.

Illness 133

Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT 133

Medical Xpress

JANUARY 30, 2023

It's also associated with chronic illness and disability. Recent research estimates that the world could see close to half a billion new cases of major chronic diseases by 2030 if people don't get more active. Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide.

Physicals 73

Physicals Chronic Disease Illness Management 73

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. This means: Direct influence: Training healthcare professionals to understand and manage the growing connections between environment and illness. Link NRDC/Medical Society Consortium.

Healthcare Professional 52

Healthcare Professional Healthcare Finance Education 52

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. First time on the GeriPal podcast, Liz Lilley, who’s a surgeon and faculty in surgery at the Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

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Families Family Patient-Centered Patients 106