GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

I’m a dementia specialist, and so what I was experiencing was that many people were coming to see me to get a diagnosis of a very straightforward case of mild Alzheimer’s or moderate Alzheimer’s disease, whose doctors had told them there was nothing wrong with them or that their memory was better than my own, says the doctor.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Anne: Well, speaking of your kids, a very special, sometimes listener, chimed in named Ren Smith. Anne: Which episode of the GeriPal podcast has most significantly changed your clinical practice? I’m sure we all have the same issue. So, I generally don’t listen to the podcast afterwards, nor force them on my family.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

And when I think about some of the … There was actually a meta-analysis looking at specialized palliative care studies, only half of the 10 randomized control studies had a social worker as part of that team. Jennifer Temel study did not have a social worker as part of the clinical team. What does this diagnosis mean to you?

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

This is just because this arose organically in clinical practice as a way of balancing these underlying competing ethical issues. Just got the diagnosis based on blood tests of amyloid. Then just got the diagnosis. And also I’d rather know that I myself not going to be super thirsty. Alex 17:35 Can I interject here?

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GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

On today’s podcast Areej El-Jawahri, oncologist specializing in blood cancers at MGH, says that sexual health is one of the top if not the top issue among cancer survivors. Alex 00:06 We are delighted to welcome back Areej El-Jawahri, who’s an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who specializes in blood cancers.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. And that was one of the reasons that was appealing to us is that the conversation guide and could be delivered by lay facilitators in partnership with the clinical practice.

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