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

GeriPal

Anna Chodos is a geriatrician at UCSF and the Principal Investigator of Dementia Care Aware, a California-wide program to improve the detection of dementia in older adults who have Medi-Cal benefits. What hasn’t been shown, Eric, is that if you apply tools like this, clinical outcomes down the road are better for patients.

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Should Palliative Care be in the Survivorship Business? A Podcast with Laura Petrillo, Laura Shoemaker

GeriPal

Alex 00:06 We are delighted to welcome Laura Shoemaker, who is a palliative care doc at the Cleveland Clinic and primarily practices outpatient palliative care in the cancer center. And we’re still early palliative care trials are on. To learn more about CME for other GeriPal episodes, click here. Are you a hammer?

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Medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications among US youth and young adults: An Introduction

BMJ

It is imperative for policy makers, school administrators, healthcare professionals, and parents to become aware of these emerging dangers and take appropriate steps, like what has been done for the opioid epidemic. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. Available at [link]. Accessed 02/05/2020. J Addict Dis.

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