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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

GeriPal

And why is it important when we’re caring for older adults or those with serious illness? We had a phrase about taking this medicine as an additional pill for you to swallow, and requires periodic lab tests for monitoring and… Eric: And cost you money. Because we bring it up a lot. Ariel: Sure. Ariel: Yes.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

On todays podcast, weve invited Nathaniel Chin back to the GeriPal podcast to talk about what primary care needs to manage this new world of Alzheimers disease effectively. And then the family tells me they can’t keep an appointment, they can’t manage their finances. What is that screening test gonna do for me?

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

Alex: I also appreciate the multifaceted view you have on pain in the way it teaches us, in the way it teaches our children not to touch a hot stove, in the way pain has been used for good or for ill by religion as way of interpreting a spiritual experience, and the richness within which we have experienced and viewed pain over time.