Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

In an article for Obesity , researchers investigated how to better design lifestyle-based weight loss programs for older adults in order to address muscle and bone health concerns. Programs for older adults may focus on motivators pertinent to this age group, such as improving physical function and quality of life.

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Management Primary Care Physicals Telehealth 52

GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

And I was looking for articles, and I wasn’t seeing as many as I expected. Jenny 04:45 Like, the last article was, like, 10 years ago. A music therapist would use music deliberately to achieve a rehabilitation goal, just like a physical therapist or an occupational therapist. I’m originally an ER physician.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

We’ve invited Jacqueline Kruser and Bob Arnold on this week’s podcast to talk about their recently published JAMA Viewpoint article titled “ Reconsidering the Language of Serious Illness. ” You recently published an article in the New Yorker titled, I can’t even read my own, what was the title again? Of course not.

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Illness IT Patient-Centered Families 136

GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

And a doc over in Spain named Monica Lalanda, who is an ER doc and also a cartoonist, reached out to me and said you don’t have to do this anonymously. Here’s another clinician saying, “I ignored a patient’s tears and gave a speech about cardiac physiology during a family meeting.” That blew my mind.

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IT Hospital Patients Illness 145

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And for this podcast in particular, both Bill and Louise wrote articles that we’re going to be discussing particular patient cases. So while you don’t have to, we’re gonna summarize these articles. If you have a chance to read those articles before you listen to this podcast, I highly recommend that you do.

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Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98

GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

These were usually very physically demanding, low paid, often usually non-union work, that they worked their whole lives and were hanging on by their fingernails. A huge portion of that difference in wealth you can trace back to the fact that their families were not able to get into the housing market. ” That is a myth.

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Mental Health IT Community Individual 123