Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Its physical toll is often compounded by emotional and social distress, driving patients to seek support outside of traditional medical settings. As the popularity of Reddit among patients continues to grow, new research is emerging that utilizes Reddit as a source for first-hand accounts of patient experiences,” wrote Vineeth R.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The ESOGER tool is a telemedicine tool in the form of a telephone assessment questionnaire for individuals aged 65 and over. It gathers contextual information on physical, cognitive, mental, and social health, and generates an automated summary report of potential vulnerabilities.

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Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

MAY 1, 2025

We have the chance to support each other by breaking the stigma, utilizing local and federal resources, and better recognizing the signs and symptoms. Keep in mind that mental and physical health are linked, as anxiety, for example, can show itself through physical attacks. What is Mental Health? Knowing what to look for is key.

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Doctor On Demand

AUGUST 11, 2023

Often stemming from extended exposure to high temperatures compounded by inadequate hydration, this condition is a concern for everyone, but especially for the elderly, young children, and individuals with certain health conditions. Rest : Allow the body to recuperate by resting and avoiding strenuous physical activity until symptoms subside.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The recommendations in the draft guidance address: The wording of UTH claims based on RSS for use on adult maintenance cat food labeling; The RSS criteria to substantiate those UTH claims; and The study data that CVM recommends to demonstrate the utility and target animal safety of the cat food. Upper bound of 95% CI ≤ 2.5 CaOx: Mean RSS ≤ 6.0;

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

APRIL 18, 2021

After extending your graduation date, the year can be utilized as a research year that can help you enhance your application and build further connections. In the event you are unsuccessful at extending your graduation date or securing an internship position, options for practicing medicine tend to become severely limited.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Moreover, center patients not only in discussions about individual decision-making but in constructing and drawing meaning from the research. These factors may have impacted their diet, physical activity, and medications, thus impacting their creatinine levels and the inputs that we use for GFR. 2019;322(2):113-114. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.577

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

We also talk about the importance of a proactive approach to involving speech-language pathologists in the care of individuals early on with neurodegenerative diseases like dementia and ALS. So as you mentioned, dementia, there’s some research that show about 86% or 93% of those individuals will get that. Raele: Yes, of course.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Laboratory evaluation should be based on individual patient history and exam. We need to choose wisely and act prudently for our patients, as individual practitioners and as accepting inpatient psychiatric facilities. Routine laboratory testing does not need to be performed. 2015;34(5):812-818 Chun TH. Ann Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

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. Communication techniques we can use when talking to individuals with hearing loss. Association of Sensory and Cognitive Impairment With Healthcare Utilization and Cost in Older Adults.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

What should we use to screen individuals? So I think we’re poised now with the guide model and with the evidence we have about healthcare utilization, impact on caregivers, course of dementia, comorbidity management and all of that. Who should get it if anyone? What happens after they test positive?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Dr. Valtis is a 4th year Med-Peds Resident at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, and his research focuses on race and the utilization of security responses in the inpatient hospital setting. Race and the Utilization of Security Responses in a Hospital Setting. Orlando, FL.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. I think once someone becomes kind of a high-utilizer, it’s a slippery slope. laughter] Carmen, welcome to the GeriPal podcast! Carmen: Thank you.

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The Motivated MD

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

For the better half of 2024, I have been periodically writing posts that are individual articles that double as potential chapters to a future book. Before we discuss each individual savings account, let us first highlight exactly what it means to ‘automate’ your savings. Saving money is simple but not easy.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Novartis also argued that FDA’s approval of the active ingredients in the MSN product violate active ingredient sameness requirements, as ENTRESTO is a contiguous valsartan-sacubitril-sodium complex while the generic is a physical mixture of individual sodium salts.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

Recognizing Hypertensive Emergencies The end-organ dysfunction component of this diagnosis presents as particular symptoms, physical exam findings, or laboratory and imaging results. Evaluation consists of lab studies, including CBC, CMP, BNP, troponin, UA, UDS, TSH with reflex to T4, and urine pregnancy test for individuals with a uterus.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Physical therapy had walked with him that day and noted improvement compared to previous walks, suggesting that he should be discharged to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation on discharge. At the end of the day, I lamented that physical, occupational, and speech therapists aren’t more tightly integrated with palliative care teams.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

She did her MD/PhD at Columbia University, where she investigated the diagnostic utility of exome sequencing for kidney disease. Meaning that an individual must inherit two copies of the mutation, so one from each of his or her parents, to be affected. And not all IEMs are included on NBS, NBS can miss individuals with IEMs.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

And I love the podcast that we did because it really highlights… We pride ourselves in palliative care, and focusing on physical, psychological, social, and spiritual suffering. However, its main predictors are age, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. I mean, they’re appropriate to enroll, I think. Eric: Yeah.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 9, 2024

geographic location, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, physical and mental disabilities, pregnancy status, lactation status, and co-morbidity) may impact outcomes. Although these are the characteristics required to be included by FDORA, the Draft Guidance notes that other factors (e.g.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Had multiple physical, psychological complications as a result of that. Just an extraordinary cast of individuals who were really so incredibly inspiring. I guess one question for providers is, as we dive into individual sense of dignity, and I guess threats to that dignity, is potentially feeling like we’re opening this box.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Tom: So we did this study because patients who go through the stem cell transplant process face a lot of misery in terms of physical symptoms, psychological distress, anxiety, depression, and even a risk of PTSD afterwards, sort of like a medical trauma, you might think of it. I’m just stunned even writing that! We’ve come so far as a field.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Alex: It gets very local and individualizes as you were saying. And I actually think the cool thing about a needs-based approach would allow us to better utilize the service. How do we best utilize the power that we have in a really efficient way that allows us to reach more patients where they are and what they need.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Chaplains can do an assessment of the spirituality of the individual and then they use interventions that are part of their discipline and those interventions are tailored to the individual’s spiritual and religious needs of the person that they’re caring for. They followed them during the course of their hospital stay.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

So we’re going to be talking about palliative care for individuals with mental illness. It’s one of the core things that we think about palliative care is you got the physical, psychological, social and spiritual symptoms. There’s a Boguts case, a patient with anorexia who utilized medical aid and dying.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, basically, with a stepped care model, the goal is to tailor care delivery to the patient’s needs while at the same time utilizing less clinician resources. We did not just rely on a physical symptom measure, which many of our colleagues are doing. It’s not just about physical symptom management. That is correct.

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GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

Wait, so one key message is that social health is linked to physical and cognitive health?!? Those are all things that could dramatically be a major health shock for an individual. And the government can do something about that?!? Yes indeed, we like to hammer that home regularly, dear listeners. Alex 14:28 Yeah, yeah.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Too many people do because it’s really hard to keep their loved ones at home for the cost, the enormous financial, mental and physical strain for the family. The typical utilization of inappropriate hospitalization and emergency room and total cost of care. Diane: Which too many people do, Malaz. Malaz: Correct. And guess what?

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

And so I’m not sure if this is true for Joe or for Brooke, but even before the pandemic in our practice here, we saw somewhere around 40 to 50% of our patients via telemedicine anyway, because we have a catchment area of patients who live very far away, many of whom have a lot of physical disability and other limitations to coming in person.

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