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The Role of Lifestyle Medicine in Reversing Early Chronic Disease

Edge Family Medicine

Chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and obesity can be effectively managed—and even reversed—through the six pillars of lifestyle medicine: nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, social connection, and avoidance of harmful substances. What is Lifestyle Medicine? Why Act Now?

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. And yet we’re also in a different place in diabetes monitoring and management. Eric: And you can probably tell already, the topic at hand is diabetes management in late life.

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

GeriPal

But now that at least at the University of Pennsylvania, the radiation oncology department is sort of well integrated into the cancer center here, and we have a really strong relationship with the palliative care team and even the internal medicine residents whom we give talks to. So you have the consultation.

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Finding the Right Clinic: A Guide to Quality Care

Plum Health

It's the first point of contact for all your medical needs, from routine check-ups to managing chronic conditions. Your ongoing appointments help foster a strong patient-doctor relationship , making it easier to discuss your concerns and receive personalized care. Regular check-ups ensure early detection of health issues.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose. It used to be a much more complicated model. It was around helping communication, and really focused on our nursing manual, and particularly around these guidelines for assessing and managing symptoms. David: Right. David: Yeah.

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Stump the VitalTalk Communication Experts: Gordon Wood, Holly Yang, Elise Carey

GeriPal

Is the sort of task to manage. Eric 26:25 So if that therapeutic relationship reverses and now they’re supporting you. I mean, how do you negotiate that with the oncologist who is the one who consulted you, by the way, Eric, who does that go to? There’s this therapeutic relationship. All right, Anne.

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Coping with Serious Illness: Danielle Chammas and Amanda Moment

GeriPal

Like, how do we help ourselves maintain psychological integrity in the face of the stressors that we have to manage? That’s how I managed without screaming at my 4 year old who was coping. Potentially harmful elements of that coping mechanism for your relationship with your four year old. Alex 17:20 Yeah, not as healthy.

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