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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

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. I am super excited to have you on, Eloise. Eloise 00:59 Thank you so much. Alex 02:23 Terrific. Do you want one? You don’t want the gummy?

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

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. Welcome back, Ashwin. Ashwin Kotwal: Excited to be back. Eric: Now, it’s interesting.

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Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

GeriPal

But the consequences are real, from research funding dollars to health systems investment. . Since then there has been a lot of back and forth, with even a couple of podcasts from us, several JAMA viewpoints, and most recently a series of published replies from leaders in the field on why ACP is still valuable (see below for references). .

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AI for surrogate decision making?!? Dave Wendler, Jenny Blumenthal-Barby, Teva Brender

GeriPal

When Teva Brender and Brian Block first approached me about writing a thought piece about this idea, my initial response was, Hell no. You may be thinking the same. Butstay with us heremight AI help to address some of the major issues present in surrogate decision making? Or does it raise more issues than it solves? Alex 00:28 It’s a hobby.

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‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Say

Physician's Weekly

Diminished reimbursements from the state-federal health insurance program for those with low incomes or disabilities would further erode hospitals’ ability to stay open and maintain services for their communities — populations with more severe health needs than their urban counterparts. That’s closer to 50% now, he said.

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