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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

Weight loss programs for older adults also benefit from co-management by an interdisciplinary team that may include a geriatrician, an obesity medicine specialist, an endocrinologist, a registered dietitian, a bone metabolism specialist, a physical therapist and an exercise physiologist.

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Didn’t Match into Residency.What are Some of my Options?

Aspiring Minority Doctor

In the event you are unsuccessful at extending your graduation date or securing an internship position, options for practicing medicine tend to become severely limited. After extending your graduation date, the year can be utilized as a research year that can help you enhance your application and build further connections.

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Updates in ID and Nephrology: Lona Mody, Rasheeda Hall, Devika Nair, Sonali Advani

GeriPal

As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. And so to develop that equation, they use the cohort of individuals and their data, their blood samples, creatine and other physical attributes. Devika: Thank You.

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Is It Hormones or Just Stress? How to Tell the Difference

Dr. Michael Bazel

Also Read: Low Testosterone in Men: Signs, Causes, and Treatment Options How Stress Manifests Physically and Emotionally Stress is a natural response to pressure, danger, or significant life changes. You might also be referred to your primary care provider, OB/GYN, or an endocrinologist for further evaluation.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. And one person even called the system 75 times and that was just a light-bulb event for me. laughter] Carmen, welcome to the GeriPal podcast!

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Palliative Rehab?!?: Ann Henshaw, Tamra Keeney, and Sarguni Singh

GeriPal

Physical therapy had walked with him that day and noted improvement compared to previous walks, suggesting that he should be discharged to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation on discharge. At the end of the day, I lamented that physical, occupational, and speech therapists aren’t more tightly integrated with palliative care teams.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

And this is really traumatic event for his street family and the street community that he knew. We have world class primary care, cancer care, palliative care. They’re more, more interested in relationship centered care than the fancy medicines that you’re. That’s a question too, Alex.