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Prostate Cancer: Unmasking the Risk and Reality

East Cary Family Physicians

It’s responsible for producing seminal fluid, which nourishes and transports sperm. Screening: Regular screenings, such as a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test and a digital rectal exam (DRE), can aid in early detection. Understanding the Prostate: The prostate is a small gland located below the bladder in men.

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Logistics Unwrapped: A Roadmap to Successful FDA Meetings in In-Person and Hybrid Formats

FDA Law

If you are driving, stop at the vehicle screening facility and inform security that you are attending a meeting. citizens, including green card holders, must follow additional steps, so consult with your lead reviewer for guidance. This allows time for parking, shuttle transportation, security checks, and room setup.

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

GeriPal

They weren’t hurt, they didn’t need transport, and we were seeing the same people over and over again. But what was really interesting is the transport to the hospital was actually going down in their system. In addition to the grab bars, we have also helped train the EMS professionals in different lenses about screening.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. So, we are not screening for substance use in cancer care, so we don’t get good estimates among people with cancer, which is really how we would prefer to ask the question. Katie: Yeah.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

And so we do have consultants who come in the building. And usually it’s simply for a consultation. But you’ve talked to people who are doing palliative care consults right now and I think have learned a lot about what this looks like in practice in terms of referral processes. Connie 21:45 Right, right. right there.

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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

PEMBlog

Now, newborn screening, or NBS, includes testing newly born infants for certain IEMs. So those would be a plasma sample for plasma amino acids, organic acids, acyl carnitine, other compounds, which your friendly geneticist, when you consult them will be incredibly happy you got. your genetics consult hasn’t responded yet.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

Eric 13:00 I also love that too, because even on our inpatient ballot of care consult service, whenever somebody says that they’re unrepresented or they don’t have a surrogate, we never believe that until we usually look up. Decision making hierarchies by default.