GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? What should we use to screen individuals? Cognitive screening.

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Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Concerns about overdiagnosis of clinically insignificant prostate cancer through prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening motivated the 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) recommendation against routine screening for prostate cancer. times more likely to develop urinary or sexual complications, 2.78

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Routine Screenings Screening Complication Diagnose 52

AMMD

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The average age of a breast cancer diagnosis has statistically been around 65. I will have an article about the dangers of gadolinium dye soon. I also did a screening blood test to look for circulating tumor cells, which I will have an article on this soon! Breast Cancer, as are all cancers, is on the rise.

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Diagnosis Screening IT Patient-Centered 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Experts shared updated guidance for treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) in a recent viewpoint article published in Blood Advances. CT Imagin g: CT is recommended at diagnosis if lymphadenopathy or splenomegaly is present, or if clinically indicated.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Other complications include obstruction due to intussusception or volvulus, leading to bowel ischemia and shock. Recognizing the characteristic features and understanding the differential diagnosis is crucial in managing patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding. The Diagnosis of Meckel’s Diverticulum: A Continuing Challenge.

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

The ability to appreciate, recognize, and engage with music is preserved even until late stages of dementia, and Theresa is examining how music can be useful from the time of diagnosis, not only for the person with dementia, but their caregivers. And I was looking for articles, and I wasn’t seeing as many as I expected.

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GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

First, we talk with Christine, a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who recently published a JAGS article titled Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline. So I actually got started in cancer screening also, thanks to some mutual colleagues.

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