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How can you improve your relationship with food?

Vida Family Medicine

The patients that I see are often highly motivated to take good care of themselves to prevent or control a chronic disease. You can promote a healthy attitude towards food by talking about how the food is giving them energy to help them grow, eating regular meals together as a family, and introducing variety into their diet.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

These are patients who had a pre-existing chronic disease, very broadly defined. COPD, heart failure, solid oncology, hematologic malignancy, dementia, ALS, interstitial lung disease, several others. We started pre-pandemic and very quickly it went to telehealth, so it was primarily telehealth. Kate: Sure.

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Psychological Issues in Palliative Care: Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin

GeriPal

They’re still engaging fully with their family and with the activities and the hobbies that they’re still able to do. I’m having family meetings to talk about goals of…” They have so many competing demands that you ask, “Do you do any 30 to 45 minute counseling sessions on a regular basis?