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Drinking the Disease: Arsenic Exposure in Well Water from the Perspective of Patients and Providers [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Chronic exposure has been associated with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, skin cancer, renal, bladder and lung cancers, polyneuropathy, and QT prolongation. 67% of clinicians reported being unaware of the risks of arsenic exposure in drinking water; 76% did not know physical exam findings. Arsenic cannot be seen, tasted, or smelled.

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Prevention of Dementia: Kristine Yaffe

GeriPal

Should do medicine?” ” Because I loved internal medicine. A lot of these are more vascular risk factors: hypertension, certainly; diabetes; obesity. Physical activity is a big one. Eric: Going to some specifics, let’s go into vascular risk factors like hypertension. Should I do neuro?

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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

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. Physical symptoms like pain, dyspnea, fatigue, psychological symptoms, depression, loneliness, and then some of the social experiences as well, like social isolation.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

Has the usual collection of chronic diseases, paroxysmal afib, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, adult diabetes, a little anemia, a little edema, a little mild cognitive impairment. Another study looking at the benefits of physical rehabilitation in patients with HFpEF. It’s one of my old, old patients. Alex 45:43 Okay.