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Kaiser Permanente study shows screening efforts cut colorectal cancer deaths in half

Permanente Medicine

These results spotlight the need to erase health disparities and remove barriers such as lack of awareness about screenings and checkups. Levin, MD , a Kaiser Permanente Division of Research scientist and gastroenterologist with The Permanente Medical Group. Read the full story from the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research here.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Emmy: That, to me, is the ideal checkup-type situation. Emmy: But we know that physiologic changes with aging, like decreasing night vision and so forth, as well as medications, as well as medical conditions, can all affect whether you can drive. My general answer is that driving is usually not considered medically necessary.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

We have two new FDA-approved medications that reduce that amyloid buildup and modestly slow down the progression of the disease. He is associate professor at the University of Wisconsin and medical director of their Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. So when I turned 40, I went in to get my checkup. Great to be back.