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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. So, we are not screening for substance use in cancer care, so we don’t get good estimates among people with cancer, which is really how we would prefer to ask the question. Katie: Yeah.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

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How should we screen for cognitive impairment? So let’s just say you have a healthy 55 year old or 65 year old in your clinic. Who do you think we should be screening and how should we be screening them for these symptoms? Well, so I guess it depends on what you say screening. Nate 05:29 Ooh. So that’s.