07.18.2024
Clinical Alerts
07.18.2024
Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson
In this GeriPal podcast, Alex Gamble, a board-certified professor of medicine at Stanford, and Brianna Williamson, a UCSF palliative care fellow, talk about anxiety in...
07.18.2024
Opioid Diversion Risk and Management in Palliative Care
Prescription opioid diversion is the transfer of a prescription opioid from a legal supply chain to an illegal channel of distribution or use. Diversion is...
06.18.2024
Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera
In this GeriPal podcast, Eduardo Bruera, an expert in palliative care, discusses cachexia and anorexia in serious illness. Eduardo established one of the first palliative...
06.18.2024
Commonly Used Supplements for Cancer-Related Symptom Management
Supplement use is common amongst patients with cancer: 64-81% of cancer survivors reported use of vitamin or mineral supplements. There is a growing subset of...
06.18.2024
How to Provide Excellent Dementia Care for Patients with Dementia—and Their Families
Clinician knowledge about dementia is sometimes limited, regardless of one’s extensive education. Familiarity with associated pathologies is one thing but understanding how to navigate any...
05.22.2024
Alpha(a)-2 Receptor Agonists in Palliative Care
Alpha-2 adrenergic receptor (α2-AR) agonists are a class of drugs used for a variety of indications including hypertension, pain, sedation, and opioid withdrawal. The most...
05.22.2024
Inappropriate Medication Use Persists in Older Adults with Dementia
Medications that could have a negative effect on cognition are often used by older adults with dementia, based on data from approximately 13 million individuals...
05.22.2024
How to Manage Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Serious Illness
What terms like anxiety and depression mean are very different for different people. These conditions are quite common in patients with serious illness, and it’s...