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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

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So, every single [inaudible 00:05:10] there is per the table, in an equianalgesic relationship to one another. Drew: The problem with equianalgesic tables is that every one of those relationships is fixed and bidirectional. You take their age, their gender, you take their chronic conditions. That’s one aspect of it.

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Why Regular Check-ups Matter: Preventive Care at Mesa Family Physicians

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In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to postpone medical appointments until something feels wrong. Arizona’s climate and lifestyle present specific health considerations that our Mesa-based medical professionals are specially trained to address.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

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And so when I had decided to socially, medically, and surgically transition, I had to really sit down with members of the department and really did a lot of in services. You present your. What does that mean for dealing with chronic conditions and syndromes of aging, their health, does it have an impact? Just how you.

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

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Summary Transcript CME Summary When treating heart failure, how do we distinguish between the expanding list of medications recommended for “Guideline Directed Medical Therapy” (GDMT) and what might be considered runaway polypharmacy? He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

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Not just with our aging and independent services, but also with our behavioral health services, with our public health services, with our medical care services, to really have everyone see older people as part of their work. I knew them, I developed a relationship with them. Would you be a candidate for adult daycare?

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HIV, Aging, and Palliative Care: Peter Selwyn and Meredith Greene

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And I graduated from medical school in the early 80s. And I was working at the time at Yale in New Haven, and I became medical director of a facility which was initially created in New Haven as a hospice like facility for people with HIV, which is in late 1995 and in 1996 when the Protease inhibitors came along. Meredith 09:33 Yes.

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What Is The Best Example Of Preventive Care?

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These measures are taken before any evidence of disease or injury is present and are designed to prevent health problems from occurring in the first place. Primary Prevention: Preventing Disease Before It Occurs Primary preventive care focuses on avoiding the development of disease entirely.