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

GeriPal

Have you had a family history of substance use disorder? Eric: This comes down to also like, if I find… As an oncologist, somebody has very high hypertension, is it my role to control that hypertension? And they ask questions like, have you used substances? Most of our population has trauma. Most oncologists would say no.

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Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera

GeriPal

And the truth is we don’t want, I don’t want any patient or family to perceive that when Brera goes to see me, there’s a second interest, a second gain. How should I define cachexia and anorexia when I’m talking to fellow students or thinking about it in my own clinical practice? There’s something.

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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

We also explored several questions with them, including how to define trauma, its prevalence in older adults, the impact of past traumatic experiences, the potential triggers of trauma screening, and the application of trauma-informed principles in clinical practice. Trauma informed care approach. So you ready?

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Even With Statins, Modifi able Risk Factors Drive MACE Risk in HIV

Physician's Weekly

2.27), those with a family history of premature cardiovascular disease (HR, 1.53; 95% CI, 1.16, 2.03), current smokers (HR, 2.27; 95% CI, 1.65, 3.13), individuals with hypertension (HR, 1.77; 95% CI, 1.36-2.30), The increased risk was also observed in Black individuals versus White race in high-income countries (HR, 1.65; 95% CI, 1.19-2.27),

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

GeriPal

Heather: I’m requesting the song Don’t You Forget About Me, which is one of the things that I think matters most to patients and families living with Alzheimer’s disease. Jason: You could have hypertension and have no signs and symptoms. So too systolic hypertension in elderly people, clinical trials.

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