Weekly Dose Podcast: Smoking and Cognition, LARC Outcomes, Hospice Medication Risk, New AD Biomarker, Alcohol and Dementia
Episode 33, Dec 03, 08:32 PM
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This episode delivers a wealth of clinical updates that are shaping the landscape of patient care, with a focus on cognitive health, reproductive care, hospice prescribing, Alzheimer disease diagnostics, and lifestyle risk factors.
In this episode of "The Weekly Dose" from Patient Care Online, we review top clinical updates: quitting smoking later in life slows cognitive decline; structured LARC counseling in primary care improves reproductive outcomes; starting benzodiazepines or antipsychotics in hospice dementia patients raises mortality risk; the FDA cleared the first blood-based Alzheimer disease biomarker test for primary care; and new research suggests any alcohol consumption may increase dementia risk. The episode highlights practical implications for clinicians and encourages evidence-based care across cognitive health, reproductive medicine, hospice prescribing, diagnostics, and lifestyle risk factors.