Negotiation and Dispute Resolution: A Podcast with Lee Lindquist and Alaine Murawski
December 29, 2022
From discussing “taking away the keys to the car” for a cognitively impaired older adult to decisions to limit life…
Is it time for geriatricians to get on board with lecanemab? Jason Karlawish and Ken Covinsky
December 15, 2022
We’ve talked at length on prior podcasts about the failures of aducanumab, Biogen, and the FDA’s decision to approve it. …
Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky
November 17, 2022
Assisted Living Communities (no longer preferable to call them Assisted Living Facilities, as we learned on the podcast) are…what, exactly? …
Avoiding the Uncanny Valley in Serious Illness Communication: Josh Briscoe
September 22, 2022
Have you ever had that moment when talking to a patient, when you realized that the phrase you just uttered,…
Aortic Stenosis, TAVRs, and Code Status: A Podcast with Gwen Bernacki and Ashok Krishnaswami
September 15, 2022
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has revolutionized the treatment of valvular heart disease for patients with severe aortic stenosis, a…
Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy
July 21, 2022
The science of balancing safety and independence of older drivers has come a long way. Some key points from our…
How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg
June 23, 2022
Cancer screening is designed to detect slow growing cancers that on average take 10 years to cause harm. The benefits…
Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults
June 16, 2022
There are a lot of old myths out there about managing urinary tract symptoms and UTI’s in older adults. For…
What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi
June 2, 2022
We are two and a half years into the COVID pandemic. We’ve lived through lockdowns, toilet paper shortages, mask mandates,…
Should we prioritize the unvaccincated for treatment? Govind Persad and Emily Largent
May 26, 2022
It’s been a while since we’ve done a Covid/bioethics podcast (see prior ethics podcasts here, here, here, and here). But…