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

GeriPal

If somebody has cancer and they’re recently diagnosed, somebody has cancer and they’re undergoing active treatment, somebody has cancer and they’re in early remission, now they’re a year or two years, three years, four years out and they still have pain. Jessie: Yes. Why would that be? And then, looking at- Eric: Wow.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

And so there’s one study that used Medicare beneficiary data, and when they look at diagnoses for transgender men and women compared to cisgender men and women, we see around one in five have a diagnosis of dementia in the medical record for the transgender community compared to around, like, 1 in 7, 1 in 8 versus gender people.

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Is Candida a Sexually Transmitted Disease? The Truth About Transmission

AMMD

Factors that can wear out your immune system include poor gut health and stress. Diabetes or an autoimmune condition can also leave you more vulnerable to infection. It can also affect your mood and mental clarity. Preventing Candida Overgrowth and Transmission Candida is a growing health concern.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

And now what we have all been waiting for, our keynote speaker on today’s theme of mental health. I think it’s a label that people turn to because of mental health stigma. Has anyone noticed that we have sort of a global mental health problem in the world right now? I give you Dr. Pamela Wible.

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