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Empowerment Self-Defense Arms ED Staff Against Rising Workplace Violence

Physician's Weekly

The emergency room has become a pressure cooker, and healthcare professionals are paying the price. Created in consultation with emergency medicine professionals, the show aims to raise awareness and provide validation to frontline healthcare workers everywhere. The Warner Bros.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

What should we use to screen individuals? Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. Should it? If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? Who should get it if anyone?

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

In fact, most sore throat symptoms resolve in three days for 60-70% of patients, according to March 2025 UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision support system used by healthcare professionals. When to go to the ER for a sore throat Go to the emergency room (ER) if your sore throat causes any difficulty swallowing or breathing.

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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary In May we did a podcast on KidneyPal (the integration of palliative care in renal disease) , which made us think, hmmm… one organ right next door is the liver. Maybe we should do a podcast on LiverPal? (or or should we call it HepatoPal?) ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Excited to be here.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. Welcome back, Ashwin. Ashwin Kotwal: Excited to be back. Eric: Now, it’s interesting. Alex: Great.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

I’m just stunned even writing that! We’ve come so far as a field. This isn’t to say we’ve “made it” – more to say that we’ve reached a new stage of maturation of the field – in which the evidence we are discussing is frequently high quality randomized trial level data. -@AlexSmithMD Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

The hospital refused without a court order, and the case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court. Arguing for the state of Missouri against the Cruzan’s was Ken Starr, who would later be assigned the role of special prosecutor in the investigation of the Clintons (Whitewater, Lewensky, etc). They shake their heads, they say I’ve changed.

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