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On Racism & Ageism: Ramona Rhodes, Sharon Brangman, Tim Farrell, and Nancy Lundebjerg

GeriPal

So GFR was adjusted based on race, which it probably did lead to African-American patients being diagnosed with chronic kidney disease later in their disease trajectory, as compared to others. You go into this community, perform this study, you leave. I probably should have said GFR. Eric: Yes. I just choose GFR. You publish the paper.

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GeriPal Takeover! Nancy Lundeberg and Annie Medina-Walpole

GeriPal

So if you haven’t been to this event, there is a literature review where we. And I also worry about this push towards just amyloid blood testing so as a way of diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease without doing the workup that’s needed beforehand. Alex, you’ve probably penned about 50 songs, which is also amazing.

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

GeriPal

We need this type of push to make us feel that we are part of a community and we are part of a movement and things are changing because we are around. Thank you for that gift to our community and to the patients. We have an epidemic of BMI and therefore never use the way the patient looks like to diagnose cachexia.

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