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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

Increased health anxiety has been a feature of the pandemic, with fears around leaving the home, social distancing, hand hygiene, and shortages of goods and medications due to panic buying commonplace. Despite the spike in prescribing of insulins, oral antidiabetic medications were not similarly affected.

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Telemedicine vs. In-Person Care: Choosing the Best Option for Your Health

Edge Family Medicine

Healthcare has evolved, and patients now have more choices than ever for medical consultations. Telemedicine allows you to consult with a doctor remotely via video, phone, or online messaging. Safety – Reduces exposure to contagious illnesses. Mild illnesses such as colds, rashes, or minor infections. Let’s break it down.

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Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

GeriPal

On today’s podcast we talk with three experts on buprenorphine on why, when, and how to use it in serious illness. And if you want to learn more about buprenorphine from these amazing palliative care clinicians and others, check out of some of these articles: Learn more about caring for those with substance use disorder: . Transcript.

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

GeriPal

Eric: And Alex, we’re going to be talking about substance use disorder and serious illness and aging, with three amazing experts. Eric: So, before we jump into the topic of substance use disorder in aging and serious illness, I think someone has a song request. Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera.

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Palliative Care for Mental Illness: A Podcast with Dani Chammas and Brent Kious

GeriPal

Still, we havent talked about integrating palliative care into psychiatry or in the care of those with severe mental illness. What does it look like to take a palliative approach to severe mental illness? Is “terminal” mental illness a thing? Eric 00:51 And Alex, who do we have with us today?

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps. In their communities? With their regular providers?

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

To be eligible in Canada patients must have a “ grievous and irremediable ” condition, including disability ; they do not have to have a terminal illness with a prognosis of less than 6 months. A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. So less than six months to live.

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