PEMBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

This is a blog post and a podcast episode designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

You just got to take a good history and do a physical examination, especially when the symptoms are typical, like regurgitation, heartburn, or epigastric pain in an older child or adolescent. Again, otherwise the diagnosis is based on history and physical examination. You want to take a good history on feeding or dietary habits.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Relatedly, DEA states: Recent studies have revealed that, in some populations, upward of 94 percent of the unhoused community had a cell phone, while a limited amount owned or had access to computers, tablets, or internet access.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

Eric: Well, before we talk about dysphagia and revisit it, which is also interesting, because this is our first podcast, I think on dysphagia, but we’ve talked about it before on GeriPal, in our blog. But estimates in community dwelling older adults are around 15%. I think someone has a song request for Alex. Raele: I do.

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 11, 2025

In this blog, we’ll break down what preventive care involves, explore its relationship with short-term health insurance, and explain why it’s a critical part of staying healthy at any stage of life. Preventive care is often referred to as the first line of defense in healthcare—and for good reason.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I actually wrote a blog post about this when we were a blog. We were a blog? I’m most proud that when we started the blog, there was some tension between Geriatrics and Palliative care. So, I’m super proud of being able to reach out to people in rural communities. Remember way back when? Lynn: Great.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Eric’s blog post on Dignity Therapy from 2011. So we have community volunteers who often they have a background in writing or background in healthcare, certainly an interest in interviewing and an interest in writing. You did write a blog post about him though, Eric. A few Dignity Therapy- Harvey Max Chochinov links.

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GeriPal

JUNE 29, 2023

Jerry: Well, for me it’s about, I may have not chose this to be my community, but I chose the actions that led this to be my community. Jeff: Well, a lot of people think that… Or people ask me in the community here about you’re working with people that are dying. Eric: What do you think got you involved?

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

So we have community volunteers who often they have a background in writing or background in healthcare, certainly an interest in interviewing and an interest in writing. You did write a blog post about him though, Eric. ” I asked the student, “Did you find legs on your physical exam?” Why did you think that?”

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 9, 2024

We’ve blogged about some of FDA’s efforts to increase diversity in clinical trials previously, and the Draft Guidance itself describes a variety of these efforts. The deadline for the Draft Guidance was December 29, 2023, so the draft, issued on June 26, 2024, is about 6 months late under FDORA’s mandate.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As we’ve written about on GeriPal when we were a blog (a decade ago!) They look at the signs and symptoms, they do a physical exam, maybe some lab tests or some imaging. This simulation, what we did is we videotaped, we basically had an actor play the role of a doctor, and we did a recruitment of people out in the community.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

Back then we were a blog and Ken’s post, which is titled, Survival from Severe Sepsis: The infection is cured, but all is not well, is still one of our most viewed posts on Jerry Powell. Julien: I want aggressive physical therapy and occupational therapy for every single one of our patients all the time, multiple times a day.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

The last time we had you on the podcast, Bill, you talked about your cancer diagnosis and a personal experience with MAID, which you also, we’ll have a link to your blog post too about this as well. There was no communication on my part that was anything intolerable about my situation. You’re on mute, Bill.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 21, 2024

and its abuse may lead to only moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence. Marijuana’s Psychic or Physiological Dependence Liability HHS concluded that “experimental data and clinical reports demonstrate that chronic, but not acute, use of marijuana can produce both psychic and physical dependence in humans.”

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Alex 21:31 Blog post, if we’re talking about the same study, was like, fast food palliative care, in and out palliative care, something like that. And the entire community of palliative care said yes, not a palliative care study. Or the article that, the fast food article, to use the parlance from the blog post.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

We blogged on the December 5, 2023, letter from six Democratic governors to President Biden). Rescheduling increases the ability to research cannabis to determine the physical and mental impacts of cannabis use. Letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Administrator Anne Milgram, from Elizabeth Warren, et al.

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Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

Wible held town hall meetings and she invited citizens in her community to design their own ideal clinic. Open since 2005 her community clinic has inspired Americans to create ideal hospitals and clinics nationwide. It’s dangerous and unsustainable; emotionally, physically, spiritually, financially for the patients—and for us.

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