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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

You just got to take a good history and do a physical examination, especially when the symptoms are typical, like regurgitation, heartburn, or epigastric pain in an older child or adolescent. Again, otherwise the diagnosis is based on history and physical examination. You want to take a good history on feeding or dietary habits.

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

GeriPal

The physics and mathematics that went into radiation therapy planning. Eric 04:49 Drew me to the field physics and math. And sort of a few years ago, we would sometimes see referrals a bit later than we would have liked. But there are times that a primary care physician or an internal medicine physician may make the referral.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Or somebody who has other physical cognitive problems at any age. Because how that is approached can have lasting effects on relationships, unfortunately. This is something we’ve heard from people: that if you just bring it up every year as part of your routine physical, like, “Any concerns about driving?”

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Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon

GeriPal

There is a patient caregiver relationship that evolves over time, and there’s less of a focus on intimacy in that relationship. It sits at the intersection of emotion, interpersonal, physical, psychological, cultural. So there’s a lot of factors that contribute beyond the biology, if you will. You can’t even.

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