GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Join us as we dive deeper into these studies and discuss the implications for clinical practice and patient care. Emily 06:11 Yeah, we definitely have a pill for every ill. Alex 14:45 And is it ethical to do a placebo taper in real world clinical practice? Ethical and practical. Go ahead, Connie.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

Eric: And swallowing is complicated, right? But again, most of my clinical practice, until recent years, has been in the acute care setting. We have patients who are acutely ill, pulmonary consequences can be really, really serious for a lot of our hospitalized patients. Eric: Because you need saliva to swallow, right?

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

I have so many questions, and I promise we’re going to get to the management of anxiety and serious illness. The question I would ask is, how helpful is that in our clinical practice? Because it can be important to think about how people are coping with their illness. But before we do, we always have a song request.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary I always find cachexia in serious illness puzzling. In today’s podcast, we had the opportunity to learn from a renowned expert in palliative care, Eduardo Bruera, about cachexia and anorexia in serious illness. I think the very simple, practical thing is involuntary weight loss. Alex 36:08 Yeah.

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GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

So in my practice, I typically recommend multi fraction or higher dose regimens for patients who have extra osseous extension or complicated bone Metastases, which, you know, most of the data surrounding equivalency of pain relief is in this sort of uncomplicated bone metastasis population.

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GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

FDA is considering approval, shifting away from Schedule I restrictions, paving the way for use in clinical practice. Two of our guests today, Stacy Fischer and Brian Anderson, are involved in large multicenter trials of psychedelics for patients with advanced cancer (Fischer) or life-limiting illness (Anderson). Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

And we have Scott Halpern, who is Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and Director of the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center or Payer Center at the University of Pennsylvania. And he’s a professional Uber driver for his daughter’s softball games.[laughter] Alex: National POLST Collaborative.

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