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

GeriPal

So falls, mobility concerns, polypharmacy, comorbidities, nutrition, social support, and mental health. We brought up your JAGS article, which we’ll link to our show notes about some of the geriatric needs, falls. ” There’s a great article, I have to say, it’s one of my favorites in JCO.

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

GeriPal

We got a couple of articles to discuss and a lot of different components of this. Why would CBT work for neuropathic pain and diabetes differently than it would work for neuropathic pain and cancer? Eric: Which brings us to an article. [laughter] Eric: Okay, Katie, we’ve got a lot to cover with substance use disorder.

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

GeriPal

See also guides for how to confront and discuss anti-Asian hate in these articles in the NEJM and JGIM. And that has an impact, as we’ve shown in the papers, on your social health, your mental health and physical health. There are other acute issues, blood pressure medication, diabetes.

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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. In addition, increased prescribing of a multitude of medications highlights groups particularly affected by the pandemic.

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

GeriPal

So take a listen and if you want a deeper dive into some of the references we discuss on the podcast, here is a list: Medscape article on how “ COVID-19 Vaccines Work Better and for Longer Than Expected Across Populations, Including Immunocompromised Individuals”. Stat news article about variants/COVID becoming more predictable.