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Loneliness and Social Isolation: Podcast with Carla Perissinotto and Ashwin Kotwal
Episode 183
"Loneliness is different than isolation and solitude. Loneliness is a subjective feeling where the connections we need are greater than the connecti…
5 years, 2 months ago
Aducanumab (Aduhelm) for the Treatment of Alzheimers: A Podcast with Aaron Kesselheim and Jason Karlawish
Episode 182
On June 7th, 2021 FDA approved the amyloid beta-directed antibody aducanumab (Aduhelm) for the Treatment of Alzheimers. This approval of aducanumab w…
5 years, 3 months ago
Cannabis in Older Adults: A Podcast with Bree Johnston and Ben Han
Episode 181
Cannabis use by older adults has increased substantially over the last decade, a trend that has paralleled the legalization of its use for medical an…
5 years, 3 months ago
Polypharmacy and Deprescribing Super Special: Podcast with Anna Parks, Matthew Growdon, and Mike Steinman
Episode 180
In a new study in JAGS, Matthew Growdon found that the average number of medications people with dementia took in the outpatient setting was eight, …
5 years, 3 months ago
Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): A Podcast with Dan Drake and Jay Luxenberg
Episode 179
Older adults often turn to institutional settings like nursing homes when they need more help than they can get at home. However, since the 1970s, t…
5 years, 3 months ago
Race/ethnic differences in end-of-life care: Podcast with Rashmi Sharma and Zhi Jia
Episode 178
We have made remarkable progress in reducing the use of feeding tubes for patients with advanced dementia. This has been due to the leadership of pe…
5 years, 3 months ago
Neuropalliative Care: A podcast with Benzi Kluger, Edward Richfield, and Christine Ritchie
Episode 177
While palliative care most traditionally grew up with a strong association with cancer care and end-of-life care, more and more evidence is coming ou…
5 years, 4 months ago
Neighborhood-Disadvantage and Health: A Podcast with Amy Kind
Episode 176
What if there was a tool that could break down a neighborhood's socioeconomic measures, like income, education, employment and housing quality, to gi…
5 years, 4 months ago
Return to Normal Hesitancy: Podcast with Monica Gandhi and Ashwin Kotwal
Episode 175
Harm reduction, as so clearly described by our guest Monica Gandhi on this podcast, began as a public health approach that guided management of HIV. …
5 years, 4 months ago
"Palliative" Inotropes?!?: Podcast with Haider Warraich
Episode 174
In your clinical experience, you may have cared for patients receiving palliative chemotherapy and wondered, hmmm, why is that called "palliative" ch…
5 years, 4 months ago