Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. Arizona’s climate and lifestyle present specific health considerations that our Mesa-based medical professionals are specially trained to address.

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Rao Doctor

APRIL 3, 2025

Fever can present alongside other symptoms, such as chills and fatigue, which may help in diagnosing the underlying cause. Using these methods can reduce temperature discomfort and minimize complications. In my previous article I covered the types of illness and the causes. F (38°C) is generally regarded as indicative of illness.

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary “Anxiety is a lot like a toddler. It never stops talking, tells you you’re wrong about everything, and wakes you up at 3 a.m.” I’m not sure who wrote this quote, but it feels right to me. Brianna is one of UCSF’s palliative care fellows who just completed her psychiatry residency. Alex Gamble, do you have a song?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary Cannabis is complicated. It can mean many things, including a specific type of plant, the chemicals in the plant, synthetic analogs, or products that have these components. Eric 00:49 And I just want a big shout out to Alex Gamble, who said, we have to get Eloise on a podcast to talk about this topic.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

And the big things that we think about as far as complications, so there, obviously the thing that comes to everybody’s mind is like fractures. Sarah 00:37 Ooh, how about Free Fall in’? Alex 00:41 Free Fall in’? Alex 00:45 We did this, like one of our first podcasts, I r emember, and second verse, I kind of went for it. Alex 04:10 Wow.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In May we did a podcast on KidneyPal (the integration of palliative care in renal disease) , which made us think, hmmm… one organ right next door is the liver. Maybe we should do a podcast on LiverPal? (or or should we call it HepatoPal?) ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Excited to be here.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Because I don’t think we think about that so much in palliative care, but we do in geriatrics. But I believe before we start, somebody has a song request for Alex. Is it you, Emmy? Emmy: It is. Eric: What’s the song? Emmy: I just forgot the name of the song… [laughter]. Alex: Pink Cadillac by Bruce Springsteen? I like that song.

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

So I actually was doing a grand rounds as my final presentation here at Yale for my fellowship on the role of music in host pice and palliative medicine. This is not highly scripted orchestral music, people, its Jazz. -S And I was fortunate to record an episode of my medical mixtape with Tyler at the w hich meeting were we at, Tyler ?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It’s Lona Mody who is a translational infectious disease researcher at the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. There’s the complications associated with immune senescence, comorbidities, atypical clinical presentations. How to make your voice heard and get involved. This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary The comprehensive geriatric assessment is one of the cornerstones of geriatrics. But does the geriatric assessment do anything? Does it improve outcomes that patients, caregivers, and clinicians care about? We talk about: What is a practical geriatric assessment and how can busy oncologists actually do one? Thank you.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

AlexSmithMD (still on Twitter at present). The songs about how saving lives is actually a pretty complicated business. We additionally firmly establish that the song How to Save a Life by the Fray was a product of the aughts (2005, to be exact), not the 90’s ): Enjoy! Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. JAMA Network Open.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

MOC Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75 MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Alex: Yeah.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Today we talk with Anne Rohlfing, Lynn Flint, and Anne Kelly, authors of a JGIM article on the reasons we shouldn’t stop at “no.” We owe it to the patient to explore the reasons behind the “no,” commonly not wanting to be a burden to their family. And I’m worried that there may come a time when you have trouble making decisions for yourself.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Acceptance. All of these are ways we cope with stressful situations. Some we may consider healthy or unhealthy coping strategies, but are they really that easy to categorize? Isn’t it more important to ask whether a particular coping behavior is adaptive or not for a particular person,in a particular time or situation? Amanda, welcome to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

And, what if your surgeon openly discussed the expected ‘bad stuff’ of post-operative recovery, instead of rotely reciting a list of possible complications? Often, the way surgeons communicate about these decisions doesn’t make things any easier for themselves or their patients. Justin, welcome to GeriPal. Justin: Hello. Eric: Okay.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Like a lot of organizations, corporations, professionals, societies, we put out a statement that basically said we stood against violence and other forms of discrimination following his murder. Ramona: I do. It’s called A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke. Eric: And can you describe why you picked that song? Alex: Thank you.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

All decisions are made in advance, the question that we are debating is how far in advance and what to call it. Completion of advance directives and billing codes for advance care planning as quality metrics. Among other topics. We can work it out! Links to a few couple items mentioned on the podcast: Objectives for Advance Care Planning.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Well, as a kick off to this year’s first in-person State of the Science plenary, held in conjunction with the closing Saturday session of the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly, 3 randomized clinical trials were presented. I’m just stunned even writing that! We’ve come so far as a field. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Kate: Thank you.

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GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Our guests today present an important rejoinder to the argument that we should refocus away from advance care planning (ACP). Complicated grief? Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, and LJ Van Scoy argue that diverse communities are asking for ACP. Did they have PTSD? Depression? Sarah: It is. And I love Gladys Knight.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary What level of evidence do we need for POLST to use it ourselves, to advocate for wider usage, and for establishing POLST completion as a quality metric? The answers to these questions will vary. Reasonable people will disagree. And today, on our podcast, our guests disagree. But is it a tiny, meaningless, fraction?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Ann: Well, I think teamwork is key in this space and I am a big baseball fan, big Red Sox fan, which is not a good thing to be right now, but I really think it’s indicative of how we should all be working together on this team to help our seriously ill patients. Ann: No, he was very excited. And this time everybody’s joining in.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Dani and Kery present three steps for interacting with an angry patient: Look within: What is this anger bringing up in me? As Keri put it in the podcast, we must go beyond “a hammer and a nail” philosophy to approaching anger by developing a toolkit for anger that is vast and varied. Is that you Dani? Dani: It is me. Dani: It’s true.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I cant do the primary thing Ive been trained to do: ABC, ABC, ABCs. Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it. They got training in Vital Talk and ELNEC. They got feedback. So did it matter? Fernanda 01:16 I do have a song request.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

In addition to being a palliative and hospice RN, she is the Executive Director for Goodwin Hospice , a large non-profit hospice that added end-of-life doula care to their services in collaboration with Jane and John’s doula organization, Present for You. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jane: Thank you for having me. John: I do.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Eduardo 03:38 A ll I can say is that the reason why I’m here is because I was a failed professional bass player. Summary Transcript Summary I always find cachexia in serious illness puzzling. I feel like I recognize it when I see it, but I struggle to give a clear definition or provide effective ways to address it.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

He was a person with schizophrenia, he was a person who used drugs and he presented in pain crisis to our shelter. Today we discuss: What is the best terminology? Homelessness? Marginally housed? What makes palliative care for people experiencing homelessness challenging? What makes it rewarding? And I gonna choose Bryan Adams, summer of 69.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

So we’re going to be talking about this complicated topic that a lot of people have differing opinions to and potentially very strong opinions, medical aid in dying. Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Four percent. It is the slippery slope made real. It was amazing.

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GeriPal

MAY 29, 2025

Andrew complicates this definition , stating it raises more questions than answers. Summary Transcript CME Summary Have any of you watched the movie The Notebook ? At the end, one of the characters, who has dementia, experiences an episode of lucidity. When I watched it, between tears (Im a complete softie) I remember thinking, Oh no!

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

We invited Dani Chammas , a palliative care physician and psychiatrist at UCSF (and a frequent guest to the GeriPal podcast), as well as Brent Kious , a psychiatrist at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, focusing on the management of severe persistent mental illnesses. What does it look like to take a palliative approach to severe mental illness?

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Had multiple physical, psychological complications as a result of that. Summary Transcript Summary I hear the word dignity used a lot in the medical setting, but I’m never sure what people mean when they use it. We talk with Harvey about how he defines “dignity” and how we can understand what it means to our patients. Harvey: I feel welcome.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome you to the GeriPal Podcast, Julien Cobert, who is an intensivist and aging researcher GeriPal Podcast, Julien. Julien: Thanks Alex, thanks Eric. It’s great to be here. Eric: So we’re going to be talking about aging in the ICU. Chris Cornell is one of my favorite musicians. Alex: (Singing).

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary In todays podcast we were delighted to be joined by the presenters of the top scientific abstracts for the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine ( AAHPM ) and the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Nurses Association ( HPNA ). Which is it? Whos got the right of it? Have to see.

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Tiny Physician

MARCH 30, 2022

The bystanders of the patient who were present at that time understood the efforts taken by the doctors and told the treating team that the doctors did their best and it was the patient’s fate. Postpartum hemorrhage is an unfortunate and well-known complication of delivery. She was admitted and Dr.Archana conducted the delivery.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

But before we go into all of that, I think, Bill, you have a song request for Alex. Bill 01:52 I do. Bill 01:53 Alex asked me for a song that was resonating in my head at the time, and it would be Guy Clark’s song, T he Cape. Eric 02:01 Why guy Clark’s the Cape? Bill 02:03 Oh, it’s a long story. I’ll make sure. Here we go.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 21, 2024

The Attorney General, after considering HHS’ recommendations, “concludes that there is, at present, substantial evidence that marijuana does not warrant control under schedule I.” and lacked accepted safety for use under medical supervision. 21 U.S.C. § 21 U.S.C. § NPRM at 44,619. NPRM at 44,601. NPRM at 44,607. Basis at 37; NPRM at 44,610.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

That was the lesson I learned from reading a new book edited by Matt Loscalzo along with Marshall Forstein called “ Loss and Grief: Personal Stories of Doctors and Other Healthcare Professionals ”. These debriefings create a safe outlet for health care professionals to talk about the feelings resulting from their work.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

MOC Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75 MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. You got it.

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