GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

In our third segment, we explore Amy Linskys study that examined the effect of patient-directed educational materials on clinician deprescribing of potentially low-benefit or high-risk medications, such as proton pump inhibitors, high-dose gabapentin, or risky diabetes medications. And I think of the analogy of, like, cancer screening.

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Specialization IT Patient-Centered Medical 119

GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. How to screen for hearing loss. And he liked some of what I was doing, which was really on diabetes and hearing loss.

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IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective This study investigated the relationship between biological aging and the trajectory of CMM with dementia and mortality and the preventive value of Life’s Essential 8 (LE8) for biological aging. CMM is the coexistence of at least two cardiometabolic diseases (CMD), including stroke, ischemic heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

So if you can think about certain decisions like continuing to screen for certain cancers like colon cancer or breast cancer, or how strict you should control diabetes or blood pressures. We know that a lot of times with cancer screening, you don’t actually get benefits right away and it can cause potential harms right away.

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IT Clinic Screening Patients 95

GeriPal

AUGUST 1, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston have no relationships to disclose. So if you already have a condition, you might be able to prevent events. And one of the really fantastic programs and studies that we have is the diabetes prevention program.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 1, 2023

But there’s some level of glycosylated hemoglobin which very neatly correlates with abnormal glucose tolerance, which is diabetes, or is amyloid like mitotic figures spreading beyond the basement membrane? Diabetes, you see the same thing. You have pre-diabetes now. Lon: No, that’s a straight out screen.

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