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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Despite a joint recommendation in 2003 by the AAMC and CDC that bioterrorism and mass-casualty training be included in the medical school curriculum, few medical schools have incorporated formal disaster training. 32% (n=11) reported patient satisfaction with telemedicine transitions.

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What to know about High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

Depending on your personal medical history and open discussion with your physician, this will guide your treatment plan. The Joint National Committee 2003 defines hypertension as systolic of 140 mmHg and higher or diastolic 90 mmHg and higher. At that time, you may need to start to incorporate blood pressure medications.

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Influential women in the history of medicine

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

We are celebrating some of history’s most influential women in life sciences and their extraordinary achievements and contributions that have saved countless lives and continue to inspire generations of women in medicine to this day. She was raised in a forward-thinking, socially active family. Metrodora (c.

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