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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

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” Whether it’s referrals that need to be made, or whether they’re specific actions that the person at home needs to take, like a home safety change. Mazie, I know it changes locale to locale, because your referral sources are going to be different. Mazie: Yes. And he did beautifully. He had six extra months.

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

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We now have biomarkers that can reasonably approximate the degree of amyloid build-up in the brain with a simple blood test. We have two new FDA-approved medications that reduce that amyloid buildup and modestly slow down the progression of the disease. So I get all the referrals from my great colleagues in primary care.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

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Do All Children Who Present With a Complex Febrile Seizure Need a Lumbar Puncture? Obviously, you should ask about immunization status and whether or not the child has any underlying medical or neurologic problems or developmental delay. And so briefly, let’s talk about that neurology referral and follow up. Ann Emerg Med.

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