The Medical Futurist

MAY 18, 2025

In this article, we’ll introduce the biohacking concept, illustrate it with examples of biohackers (you might be one already!) For the purpose of this article, we’ll focus on human biohacking. In the US, some biohacking activities are illegal such as agrobacterium-engineered plants and soil bacteria cultures. What is biohacking?

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

If you want to take a deeper dive into this subject and read some of the articles we discussed in the podcast, check out the following: Hearing Loss: Effect on Hospice and Palliative Care Through the Eyes of Practitioners. COVID-19, masks, and hearing difficulty: Perspectives of healthcare providers. Transcript. This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. Eric: And we will have links to the articles. We’ll add the Jags articles when they come out.

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GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

For example, there was one article that we reviewed for Jags where it asked great questions, they gave great prompts, and ChatGPT answered great questions about antipsychotics and gave a list of references to back up ChatGPT’s assertions. Our names were slightly off. And they were complete hallucinations.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

In today’s podcast we talk with surgeon Samir Shah and Health Services Researcher Joel Weissman about a pair of JAGS articles they published on the outcomes of high risk surgery and advance care planning among persons with dementia. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Here are some more resources we’ve discussed in the podcast Dani’s NEJM article on coping: “ Should I Laugh at That? Well, maybe they’re an engineer and understanding makes them feel rooted. There’s so many questions. That’s a form of coping. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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GeriPal

MAY 15, 2025

And just briefly, to ward off those of you who’ve read the article and may have concerns that death was included as one of the longest lengths of stay in the primary analysis. Alex 25:41 Yeah. And you might think, oh boy, that’s like punishing death. At the minimum standard, right.

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