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

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Emmy: That, to me, is the ideal checkup-type situation. Or somebody who has other physical cognitive problems at any age. And I’ve been to some presentations that use that same breaking bad news model for having these driving conversations, as are used in palliative care. ” Eric: Oh. And thankfully, he did do fine.

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

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So when I turned 40, I went in to get my checkup. You do the history, you do a physical exam, you’re doing non specific, you know, blood tests and potentially imaging, and only after that do we even consider the role of biomarkers. And I pretty much present it as. I Recently, I turned 41. Can I have a lipid panel?