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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. And here, just to clarify, we’re using that term to mean, people diagnosed with cancer, not necessarily people who were treated with curative intent. Katie, welcome back to GeriPal.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

With your journey, with your dad’s journey- Diane: They could have diagnosed him earlier. They could have diagnosed him earlier. So I remember talking with David Reuben and others and say, all right, we need to be a doctor and diagnose exactly the question you ask, Eric. So that’s I think diagnoses.

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What Is The Best Example Of Preventive Care?

Mesa Family Physician

These screening measures help identify conditions in their earliest stages. These measures are taken after a disease has been diagnosed. Cancer Screenings Cancer screenings stand out as especially important preventive health care examples due to their ability to detect cancer at pre-symptomatic stages when treatment is most successful.