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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Its another deprescribing super special on today’s GeriPal Podcast, where we delve into the latest research on deprescribing medications prescribed to older adults. Join us as we dive deeper into these studies and discuss the implications for clinical practice and patient care. This is Eric Widera.

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Why I don’t do “weight loss” as a primary care physician

Vida Family Medicine

From specialized obesity clinics to online services offering quick prescriptions, the options can feel overwhelming. While losing weight is often suggested to lower the risk of chronic conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, or heart disease, the risk of prescribing weight loss is overlooked.

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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

It depends on the clinical situation. But I think people would have an embolic event if you gave them a flipping range. But we still, regardless of how you do this calculation have to temper it with clinical judgment. Mary Lynn: I’m willing to bet that you temper that calculation with your clinical judgment though.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

Because I think we have someone special, a guest host. He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge. Alex 04:07 A heart failure clinic playing in the background. Eric 00:05 And Alex, who do we have with us today? He’s in Boston. And also I was in the HVMA primary care program.

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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

So if you already have a condition, you might be able to prevent events. Now there’s evidence for some more specialized hormonal conditions. So it’s like we’ve all this evidence for the prevention of x, y and z chronic condition because that’s easier to kind of deal with. Go on, Anna.

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