GeriPal

JULY 27, 2023

For those with serious illness, sleep problems and insomnia are all too common. Eric: And anything else from the history or the physical that’s going to help you around the differential of the sleep problem? So actually, I use a depression screen and I also use an anxiety screen. Insomnia sucks. Cathy: Well, yeah.

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Illness IT Clinic Medical 85

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. We talk with Nick and Meg about: Why hearing loss is important not just in geriatrics but also for those caring for seriously ill individuals.

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IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

And I think of the analogy of, like, cancer screening. The stopping the cancer screening doesn’t have that same sort of momentum. Emily 06:11 Yeah, we definitely have a pill for every ill. So acupuncture, Tai Chi, Yoga, mindfulness and physical therapy, chiropractor. You know, we got to prevent cancer.

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Specialization IT Patient-Centered Medical 119

Hitchcock Family Medicine

APRIL 25, 2024

This means that if medical events or illnesses have surfaced in your immediate family since your last checkup, your doctor can calculate this information into your risk factors for other conditions. Necessary Medical Screenings Medical screenings are one of the most effective ways to catch certain conditions and diseases early.

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Checkup Medical Family Care Physician Preventative Care 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Kate and Ashwin talked about their research on the prevalence of lifetime trauma and its association with physical and psychosocial health among adults at the end of life. So there’s an event or a series of events. So there’s an event or a series of events. I guess that’s an event.

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IT Patient-Centered Individual Screening 66

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The illness narratives suffering, healing, and the human condition. I mean, to me, the Buddhist concept that there are multiple forms of suffering, like there’s the suffering that’s due to pain and physical symptoms. I think there is a difference, too, between physical suffering, and we have to also give that its dignity.

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IT Families Family Physicals 137

GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

GeriPal post on “fast food” style palliative care in chronic critical illness. I had it on my screen. Areej: So when I was in college, I had a close friend who had a serious illness and actually died as a result of cancer. Additional links: Editorial on Areej’s study. Palliative care in lung and GI cancers. Transcript.

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Illness Hospital Patient-Centered Patients 110