04.17.2024
Clinical Alerts
04.17.2024
Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia
This GeriPal podcast reviews dysphagia and thickened liquids with two researchers and speech-language pathologists, Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia. It includes discussions on the...
04.17.2024
Delirium Linked to a Threefold Increased Risk for Dementia
Delirium is tied to a significantly increased risk for dementia and death in older adults, with men at particular risk, new research showed. Incident dementia...
03.21.2024
Tricyclic Antidepressants for Pain
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) are a class of drugs largely developed as antidepressants but are also used, mostly off-label, for analgesic indications including postherpetic neuralgia, diabetic...
03.21.2024
Psychological Issues in Palliative Care: Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin
In this GeriPal podcast, Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin address the psychological aspects of care for people living with serious illness. Psychological/psychiatric aspects of palliative...
03.21.2024
FDA Issues New Guidance for Early Alzheimer’s Drug Development
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) embraced the use of biomarkers and surrogate endpoints in its most recent guidance on developing therapeutics for early...
02.16.2024
Analgesic Strategies in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder leading to impairments in limb movement, speaking, swallowing, and breathing. There is no cure for ALS,...
02.16.2024
The Nature of Suffering: BJ Miller and Naomi Saks
In this GeriPal podcast, BJ Miller and Naomi Saks discuss the forms of suffering encountered in palliative care. This includes how to respond to patient...
02.16.2024
How Hospices Are Innovating Clinical Onboarding
Having peer-support and employee feedback loops are key pieces in some hospices’ onboarding models. Rising demand for hospice amid prolific clinical workforce shortages has providers...