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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

I therefore reviewed the main research studies and guidelines and tried to summarize them briefly and clearly in this article. million electronic health records in the USA showed a lower risk for suicidal thoughts in those taking semaglutide than in those taking other weight loss medications. 17 An analysis of 1.8

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

There’s an article about her in New York Times. I heard this beautiful thing the other day, which was to an electronic medical record, I am not a whole person. But it seems very apropos to the topic. Soo 01:37 It’s a little obvious. Anna 01:38 Yeah. Alex 01:38 And I love that Sarah McLaughlin’s having a comeback.

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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Medical Xpress

But what we observed was much more complicated." The traditional model is simple: SCN neurons were believed to act like runners in a relay race, passing the light signal along in a linear chain. Some SCN neurons were activated by light, while others were inhibited. Consider supporting Science Xs mission by getting a premium account.

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

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Palliative care for cancer: Podcast with Jennifer Temel and Areej El-Jawahri

GeriPal

And I just want to highlight, Jennifer has a great JPSM article that just came out. Would you also just mind mentioning kind of the JPSM article too? What drove you to write that article on this important trip to Seattle? And my article is about when I was a mid to junior faculty member trying to build this career.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? And I came to the now I think naive conclusion that fixing and avoiding complications was the secret. You have a patient with dementia severe enough that she cannot recognize relatives. Eric: Yeah.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

So pretty soon, I hope, we’ll be able to do this all electronically by anyone who wants to. Or electronically, to fill out, right? We brought up your JAGS article, which we’ll link to our show notes about some of the geriatric needs, falls. ” And we can by targeting these supportive care interventions.