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. I mean, come on.

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Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT 133

GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

The physics and mathematics that went into radiation therapy planning. Eric 04:49 Drew me to the field physics and math. Usually that will include the physical exam, but also the type of imaging that would be helpful for us to have to guide what would be next steps. Anish, can I ask you why you went into radiation oncology?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

As she embarked on her project, she realized that improving serious illness care would require improving serious illness communication. Ebi found that the belief in genetic differences as an explanation for racial health disparities was associated with use of race-based clinical practices. J Natl Med Assoc. JAMA Pediatr.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Not the most common circumstances that people with serious illness face where attention and understanding of what my goals and values are. And, that’s to help people who have serious illness, that’s to help people who have diseases of aging at a younger age, people who are homeless, people who are incarcerated.

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IT Patient-Centered Illness Education 126

GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

We and our guests have noticed that in our clinical practices, patients and caregivers seem to be asking for such treatments more frequently. If its potentially unsafe, but has robust evidence, well thats most of the treatments we offer seriously ill patients! Ivermectin to treat cancer. Stem cell treatments. Chelation therapy.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 77

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Kate and Ashwin talked about their research on the prevalence of lifetime trauma and its association with physical and psychosocial health among adults at the end of life. Ashwin 17:00 And I think that just plays into how we should be thinking about this clinically. Well, being a pretty comprehensive definition. Eric 04:19 Yeah.

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IT Patient-Centered Individual Patients 67

GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Fox gives patients hope there may be a place that illness doesn’t touch Depression is a Liar Why is Being a Patient Such a Difficult Pill to Swallow Better Patient Care Calls for a ‘Platinum Rule’ to Replace the Golden One. Had multiple physical, psychological complications as a result of that. So there are three primary domains.

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 98

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. Among clinical patients, the study’s always adjusted for age and initial health status.

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IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 99

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For example, we spend the first half talking about a RCT simulation study of clinician verbal and non-verbal communication with a seriously ill patient with cancer. They look at the signs and symptoms, they do a physical exam, maybe some lab tests or some imaging. Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Amber. Amber: Thank you guys.

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Healthcare 111

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Alex: Recently you talked about the other trial, also with a nudge, and that was non-cancer, serious illness. I treat patients with acute leukemias and related diseases, so I kind of know some of this from my own clinical practice. Alex: We had you on just recently, the podcast. We’ve had you on twice before.

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Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 115

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

So whether it’s an encounter with a patient or whether it’s a family meeting or a clinical practice meeting or a feedback session with a fellow, the idea that we have both the ability to be very full and open and also selective and disciplined about how it is that we. It’s just not.

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IT Healthcare Healthcare Professional Patient-Centered 111

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The last time this happened to me I immediately went on the defensive despite years of training in serious illness communication skills. Not my normal clinical practice. And she couldn’t control her husband’s illness the way it was heading towards his death. How did you react? This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Most of the public wants to have access to treatments and interventions that might help them forestall a devastating illness. You do the history, you do a physical exam, you’re doing non specific, you know, blood tests and potentially imaging, and only after that do we even consider the role of biomarkers. It’s.

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GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

Eric 01:13 So we got a lot to cover today on sexuality, sexual health and serious illness. So we got a lot to cover on sexuality, sexual health, and serious illness. I think this is a topic we don’t talk about as much in the context of serious illness. Don, welcome to GeriPal. Don 01:11 Thank you so much.

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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. Alex 02:44 Still suffering from some illness from there, which is why I was sick and not in the office with Eric today. Outcomes are typically assessed from available records.

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