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Parvo Podcast! Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease, and more!

PEMBlog

Counsel families and caregiversincluding pregnant household contactson the risks, exposures, and infection control considerations related to Parvovirus B19. It is a non-enveloped, single-stranded DNA virus in the Parvoviridae family. Sometimes I share it with patients and families. So how do we diagnose Parvovirus B19?

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

We’ve invited two death doulas, Jane Euler and John Loughnane (who is also a family doc and palliative care physician), to talk about the role of a doula at the end of life. We are doulas for those with serious illness and those at end-of-life, just a longitudinal relationship, nonmedical support to provide presence. Jane: Right.

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A podcast episode about laryngomalacia

PEMBlog

2012 Oct;147(4):619-26. But it might underestimate it because lots of mild cases don’t actually present clinically, and they’re not diagnosed endoscopically. The best way to diagnose this is through imaging like CT scans. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan-. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.

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RCT of Default Inpatient PC Consults: Kate Courtright & Scott Halpern

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Eric: Yeah.

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As Federal Health Grants Shrink, Memory Cafes Help Dementia Patients and Their Caregivers

Physician's Weekly

Kennedy comes to this memory cafe twice a month since being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease in his late 50s. He recommends memory cafes to other people with dementia and their families. “I come in now and it’s like, it’s family, it’s a big, extended family. I get to meet them.

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‘We Need To Keep Fighting’: HIV Activists Organize To Save Lives as Trump Guts Funding

Physician's Weekly

Testing and outreach for HIV faltered in the South , a region that accounts for more than half of all HIV diagnoses. Trump’s budget proposal also would cancel a major grant that provides housing assistance for people with HIV. Half of new diagnoses today are in the South and a third are among people with low incomes.