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

GeriPal

Those that were at greater risk of having complications from COVID or even dying from it, in the early stages at least, were those who were older and those who were of certain racial or ethnic minority groups. Eric: And it’s even more complicated, right? So it’s no surprise, to me, that the outcomes will be different.

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

GeriPal

Eduardo 25:39 I think that’s wonderful, Alex, because all our social and even religious events have metaphors of food. Sometimes the subtle infection kills them, and they get hypertensive and they die, or they die of arrhythmias and sudden death. My daughter’s birthday. They die of clotting, they die of infection.

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