FDA Law

AUGUST 16, 2023

In this most recent Warning Letter, however, OPDP did not take issue with ANY of the safety information presented about Breztri in the sales aid; rather, objections were focused solely on false or misleading claims related to efficacy. OPDP first took issue with a headline and graph presented on page 7 of the 12-page brochure.

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Healthcare Professional Healthcare Asthma IT 52

GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

Summary Transcript Summary. A patient is on morphine and you want to convert it to another opioid like hydromorphone (dilaudid). How do you do that? Do you do what I do, pull out a handy-dandy opioid equianalgesic table to give you a guide on how much to convert to? . which advocates for an updated, wait for it… equianalgesic table! . Drew: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

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. Are there, though, populations that it may be helpful in, or should that change with the advent of the new amyloid antibodies? Should it?

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FDA Law

AUGUST 22, 2023

On the heels of a nuanced and more complicated Warning Letter addressing CFL claims and statistical presentations comes a new Untitled Letter from OPDP going back to its roots ! NAD appeared to be inviting pharmaceutical companies to leverage its processes and submit complaints.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Incontinence and avoiding issues can present in an older individual, in some cases, just like they do a younger person. But then there is incontinence, which is the same term, same word, but actually presents as a geriatric syndrome. On our last podcast about urinary incontinence the song request was, “Let it go.” I do like that one.

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IT Patient-Centered Patients Clinic 120

GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

My take home from this is that while the most preferred explanation for deprescribing statins and sedative-hypnotics is one focused on the risk of side effects, we also need to individualize it to the patient and the medication that they are taking. Alex: No, I think we did one other super special. Alex: So this is Super special 2. Another in JAG.

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FDA Law

APRIL 13, 2025

By Sarah Wicks & Dara Katcher Levy FDAs Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) issued its second Untitled Letter of 2025 to Taiho Oncology (Taiho) for a healthcare provider branded website for its drug LYTGOBI (futibatinib). Mirati) about a healthcare professional branded website for KRAZATI (adagrasib).

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Provider Healthcare Professional Patient-Centered Clinic 52

GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In fact, for some individuals the dementia is a gift, with the loss of memory for what might have upset you 20 minutes ago, and so we see people who come in and they are presented with TimeSlips’ engagement activity, or some other kind of arts activity, or a conversation with Ab, and somehow what had been distressing them has faded away.

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Community IT Individual Patient-Centered 101

GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It’s Lona Mody who is a translational infectious disease researcher at the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. There’s the complications associated with immune senescence, comorbidities, atypical clinical presentations. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera. Welcome back Lona.

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Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 97

GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

And because we can’t resist, we dip into aducanumab and lecanemab at the end. AlexSmithMD Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Kristine, do you have a song request for Alex? Kristine: Well, I did have a song, but I was negligent at giving it to him. So, he tried to read my mind… Eric: What was your song? Kristine: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Physicals IT Hypertension Education 85

The Clinical Problem Solvers

AUGUST 25, 2020

Pearls Defining Structural Racism Structural racism is a term that acknowledges that racism is perpetuated beyond individual interactions and interpersonal racism, but is present in the systems and policies that govern our everyday lives.

Community 52

Community Patient-Centered Relationship Education 52

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

2) iDoc24 The award-winning dermatology service is present in more than 160 countries and is available in 7 languages. It’s complete in its descriptions and treatments which can also be used by medical professionals of all types. (*There are widely varying figures, ranging from 66% to 90% depending on the source of information.)

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. Arizona’s climate and lifestyle present specific health considerations that our Mesa-based medical professionals are specially trained to address.

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Rao Doctor

APRIL 3, 2025

Fever can present alongside other symptoms, such as chills and fatigue, which may help in diagnosing the underlying cause. Strategies for managing fever While these resources are invaluable for augmenting your understanding of fever, they should complement, rather than replace, professional medical advice. And I do this regularly.

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Diagnosis Management Illness Diagnose 130

GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Summary Transcript Summary. We’ve talked at length on prior podcasts about the failures of aducnumab, Biogen, and the FDA’s decision to approve it. . But wait, there’s a shiny new anti-amyloid drug, lecanemab! (No No it’s not just the French version of Aducanumab). . In an article in the NEJM (a published article this time, wonder of wonders!)

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My Green Doctor

MAY 29, 2025

These new health-focused layers in En-ROADS make it easier than ever to demonstrate why climate action isn’t just a future-oriented ambition — it’s a present-day necessity. And through our roles — as healthcare professionals, citizens, and ambassadors — we can drive the kind of informed, compassionate leadership the world so urgently needs.

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary “Anxiety is a lot like a toddler. It never stops talking, tells you you’re wrong about everything, and wakes you up at 3 a.m.” I’m not sure who wrote this quote, but it feels right to me. Brianna is one of UCSF’s palliative care fellows who just completed her psychiatry residency. Alex Gamble, do you have a song?

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Illness IT Diagnosis Patient-Centered 129

GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary Cannabis is complicated. It can mean many things, including a specific type of plant, the chemicals in the plant, synthetic analogs, or products that have these components. Eric 00:49 And I just want a big shout out to Alex Gamble, who said, we have to get Eloise on a podcast to talk about this topic. Do you want one?

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Medical IT Patient-Centered Healthcare 98

GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary It is a battle royale on this weeks GeriPal podcast. In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. But watch out!

Telehealth 105

Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients 105

GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

Annie 02:31 So if you go to the A G S meeting every year, you know that this group of three individuals comprises the AGS literature update. So this is something. This is the plenary to attend. It is a sold out crowd. It is a standup crowd and it’s going to be a hard act to follow. Of course. We will step aside. Speaker 6 03:29 Andy.

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IT Hospital Screening Patients 64

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Alex 07:27 Are there professional society recommendations or U.S. Sarah 00:37 Ooh, how about Free Fall in’? Alex 00:41 Free Fall in’? Alex 00:45 We did this, like one of our first podcasts, I r emember, and second verse, I kind of went for it. But today I’m not because it is November 6th and I’m feeling subdued. Alex 04:10 Wow.

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IT Patient-Centered Screening Community 124

GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

My transition was very public at Sinai, and in a way, I became like a poster child for living my truth in terms of being trans, having lived and embracing different intersectional identities, being an immigrant woman of trans experience, identifying as a straight woman and as a professional. Jace, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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Individual Community IT Chronic Condition 81

GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

So I actually was doing a grand rounds as my final presentation here at Yale for my fellowship on the role of music in host pice and palliative medicine. This is not highly scripted orchestral music, people, its Jazz. -S And I was fortunate to record an episode of my medical mixtape with Tyler at the w hich meeting were we at, Tyler ?

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GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

Alex 00:59 And I met all three of you and watched you do a presentation about psilocybin research at the Congress International Desens Palliative Miguel. We’ll discuss three recent clinical trials involving patients with serious illness, joined by our guests James Downar , Ali John Zarrabi , and Margaret Ross. It’s there.

Illness 107

Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 107

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary The comprehensive geriatric assessment is one of the cornerstones of geriatrics. But does the geriatric assessment do anything? Does it improve outcomes that patients, caregivers, and clinicians care about? We talk about: What is a practical geriatric assessment and how can busy oncologists actually do one? Thank you.

Patient-Centered 129

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 129

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Because I don’t think we think about that so much in palliative care, but we do in geriatrics. But I believe before we start, somebody has a song request for Alex. Is it you, Emmy? Emmy: It is. Eric: What’s the song? Emmy: I just forgot the name of the song… [laughter]. Alex: Pink Cadillac by Bruce Springsteen? I like that song.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Barbara highlights social workers’ inherent leadership qualities and tasks us to consider whether our own team and organizational structures are allowing for optimal social work engagement and influence. by: Anne Kelly, LCSW, APHSW-C. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Is that right?

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IT Families Family Clinic 102

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Well-being committees are popping up at every level of an organization. And C-suites now have chief wellness officers sitting at the table. Eric 01:54 Why’d you pick this song, Naomi? Naomi 01:57 Because it really talks about this beautiful experience of our beloved, which is ourselves, the part that we often cut out of the equation.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We’ve also invited two amazing cardiologists, Parag Goyal and Nicole Superville, to join us about GDMT in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and in Heart Failure with preserved EF (HFpEF). He’s in Boston. He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge. Parag 01:06 Thank you.

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Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Heather Coats is hard at work establishing the evidence base for the power of capturing patient stories in healthcare settings, for those health systems that need a little more convincing. . Many links: VA Presents: My Life, My Story: George: A Voice To Be Heard on Apple Podcasts. Summary Transcript Summary. Narrative medicine?

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Patient-Centered Illness Healthcare IT 115

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

MOC Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75 MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Alex: Yeah.

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IT Families Family Physicals 137

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

I’ve seen this question come up a lot since finishing fellowship nearly two decades ago. Historically, answers generally lamented the ever increasing need for geriatrics without a corresponding growth in the number of specialists in the field. Mike, welcome to GeriPal. Mike: Great to be here. Alex: We’ll take any Warriors we can get.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

We’re going to be talking about the American Geriatric Society position statement on making medical treatment decisions. Alex 02:21 For Eric 02:21 For unrepresented older adults. But before we go into that topic, Tim, I think you have a song request. Tim 02:29 Yeah, it’s such an honor to make a song request. Can you guys do that one?

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 109

GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

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.

Patient-Centered 109

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 109

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

AlexSmithMD (still on Twitter at present). We additionally firmly establish that the song How to Save a Life by the Fray was a product of the aughts (2005, to be exact), not the 90’s ): Enjoy! Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. And which journal again? Eric: JAMA Network Open.

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Community IT Mental Health Medical 97

GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

I love this series of articles because each presents a component of a practical, patient-centered approach to patient-surgeon communication and decision making, and language surgeons (and surgical trainees) can start using in their next patient visit. He’s a linguistic and medical anthropologist at the University of Pennsylvania.

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IT Families Family Patient-Centered 128

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Unfortunately, we lack the financial structures to reimburse psychologists that would incentivize widespread inclusion on palliative care teams. Because we live in the world as it is, not as it should be, Des has helped develop an app ( link to pilot trial hot off the press !) ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 122