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New insights on genetic damage of some chemotherapies could guide future treatments with less harmful side effects

Medical Xpress

Given that for many cancers, chemotherapy drugs can be switched with other agents to achieve similar results, we hope such genomic data will guide the optimization of future treatment plans to deliver effective chemotherapies with much fewer damaging side effects for patients."

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

GeriPal

So, the consult will come in and then we’ll do what we call a clinical bedside evaluation, where we’ll go and see the patient at the bedside. It gives us some idea if there’s something going awry in the swallow, but we can’t really plan treatment without imaging the swallow. Is there a role for that?

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

Alex: Also, I’ll say that on in my clinical practice doing palliative care consults, on the last time I was on service, I resolved to ask each patient, who could answer, which is a subset of the patients who I see, if they were lonely. I’m at least hopeful that I think we’ve made a lot of progress since that time.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary We are dusting off our crystal balls today with three amazing guests who have all recently published an article on prognosis over the last couple months: Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley. Eric 00:13 And Alex, we have a super special today, three different articles. This is Eric W id era.

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