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Why Identifying and Managing Giant Cell Arteritis as an Emergency Is Crucial

Physician's Weekly

Leonard Calabrese, DO, Paras Karmacharya, MD, MS, and Adam Kilian, MD, break down why giant cell arteritis (GCA) demands immediate action, explain how to confirm diagnosis quickly, and what same-day treatment options like upadacitinib (Rinvoq) mean for patient care. But treatment first, securing the diagnosis is secondary and often delayed.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

Alex 13:24 Eric is pushing on the like, the clinical, practical stuff. Now, again, in the context of a busy clinical visit, you may not have the time to really go through it in detail. Eric 25:00 What do you do in clinical practice, Alison? Eric 13:23 Go ahead, Alex. And that can be incredibly powerful.

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COPD, GERD Tied to Elevated Lung Cancer Risk Among Never-Smokers

Physician's Weekly

Mining Data The researchers mined electronic medical record data from the United Kingdom’s Clinical Practice Research Datalink. A COPD diagnosis 1 to 10 years before cancer carried an aOR of 2.90, while diagnoses 10 to 32 years earlier still showed an aOR of 2.52.

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

GeriPal

Eric 00:27 So we’re going to be talking about making the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in a primary care setting, not specialty care, but maybe we could talk a little bit about that. How much should it change how we think about making a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in primary care? Great to be back. Absolutely.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

Our field really lacks specificity in the terms that we use, and I think we really don’t know how chronic cancer pain, let’s say, a few years out from that initial diagnosis differs from, let’s say, chronic low back pain. Why would that be? What would the biologic mechanism be that would make that different?

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Redefining Alzheimer’s Disease: A Podcast with Heather Whitson, Jason Karlawish, Lon Schneider

GeriPal

If you are interested in learning more about the draft guidelines and the response from AGS to these guidelines, check out the following links: Revised Criteria for Diagnosis and Staging of Alzheimer’s Disease: Alzheimer’s Association Workgroup AGS’s response to the revised criteria Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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