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04/11/2026

Love this from Karyn's Companion Care LLC 🌷

04/10/2026

04/09/2026

🌿 We’re excited to welcome a new face to the NPalliative team! 🩺

Please join us in welcoming Michelle Green PA-C, a Master-prepared Physician Assistant trained at Wayne State University. Michelle brings with her a wealth of experience and a long-standing career caring for patients across Northern Michigan.

After time spent in urgent care, Michelle is returning to her roots in primary care—where her true passion lies. She is dedicated to building meaningful relationships with her patients, focusing on comfort, symptom management, and improving quality of life every step of the way.

Beyond her impressive background and excellent references, Michelle brings something just as important—a warm, approachable personality that patients instantly feel at ease with.

We’re so grateful to have her on our team and know our community will be, too. 💙 NPalliative.net

Welcome, Michelle!

04/08/2026

Join us at the Traverse City Senior Expo on May 13th. Stop by our NPalliative booth for FREE SPECIAL PRIZES, FREE GIVEAWAYS, and a FREE RAFFLE! ✨🎁 Plus you can learn about our IN-HOME PRIMARY CARE model — billed to your insurance! 🏠🩺👩🏻‍⚕️ 231-421-6921

Blue Water Promotions is very excited to welcome back the Traverse City Senior Expo, coming Wednesday May 13th, 2026, at the Grand Traverse County Civic Center.

Open to the public from 10am to 4pm, this one-day consumer event is an opportunity for seniors and their loved ones to speak directly with over 100 exhibitors, focused-on products and services for the important senior marketplace.

04/08/2026

We agree… How do you feel about this?

04/08/2026

😆 It’s true though—sitting with our patients as much as possible is always better for everyone to feel heard.

04/07/2026

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04/07/2026

Palliative care supports decision-making, symptom management… 🩺🧑🏼‍⚕️ Fatigue is often overlooked in oncology care, but palliative care can play a significant role in addressing this and other aspects of symptom burden, including pain, nausea and shortness of breath, in addition to decision support for caregivers, says nurse practitioner Molly Williams.

“Prognostic understanding conversations are being had, but patients and their families are not in a place to be able to hear it. We talk a lot about goals and values related to patients' disease trajectory, the emotional distress that comes with a serious illness in general, but especially if we have progression on scans or if a treatment is not working," Williams says.

Full Story: Oncology Nursing News (3/27)

https://www.oncnursingnews.com/view/symptom-management-and-decision-support-in-palliative-oncology-care

Molly Williams, DNP, AGACNP-BC, ACHPN, discusses gaps in oncology through a palliative care lens, focusing on symptom burden, fatigue, and essential support for caregivers.

04/07/2026

Palliative care underused in brain metastases cases… 🧠
A study involving 487 patients found that 44% of those with high-risk brain metastases did not receive palliative care consultations, researchers reported in JCO Oncology Practice.

Those who received palliative care were MORE likely to fill out advance directives and were MORE likely to receive hospice care, overall.

Full Story: Healio (free registration) (4/3)

https://www.healio.com/news/hematology-oncology/20260402/startling-palliative-care-services-often-not-provided-for-severe-brain-metastases

Half of patients with the most severe brain metastases may not be receiving palliative care consultations.Those who do have a significantly higher likelihood of filling out advance directive documentation and getting hospice care, and they have similar OS as those who did not receive consultations.

04/06/2026

Gut markers may help detect early cognitive decline…

A study in Gut Microbes identified six blood metabolites linked to gut microbiota that can distinguish healthy older adults from those with early cognitive impairment. The findings suggest that metabolic changes may occur before clinical symptoms of dementia appear, highlighting these metabolites as potential early indicators of cognitive decline.

Full Story: MedPage Today (free registration to read) (4/2)

Blood tests detected metabolic shifts associated with nascent cognitive impairment

04/06/2026

A Missouri bill that would permit FDA-approved clinical trials for psychedelic therapies is moving to the state Senate. The legislation aims to provide new treatment options for veterans and first responders.

04/05/2026

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