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Dermatology program brings timely and accurate diagnosis of skin conditions to underserved communities

Medical Xpress

A dermatology program first developed by the University of Missouri in 2015 can bring life-saving diagnoses of skin conditions to communities without adequate dermatologic care.

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Q&A: Cannabis Use Tied to Reduced Working Memory

Physician's Weekly

Gowin and his colleagues analyzed data from 1,003 adults between 22 and 36 years of age who had functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), urine toxicology, and cannabis use results collected at one academic site between 2012 and 2015 as part of the Human Connectome Project. The cohort (mean age, 28.7 The cohort (mean age, 28.7

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

It was also the time that in 2015, that people who were trans and famous really put being trans on the map at that time, too. When you have, when you exist simply for being you, and then on top of that you have HIV AIDS as a diagnosis or substance use or what have diabetes, all of these will accelerate your aging. Eric 05:59 Thank you.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

But we know that 30% of all decedents who are Medicare beneficiaries either die from dementia or have an existing diagnosis of dementia, which is something we talk about quite often, Joel and I. Fifty percent have a diagnosis in their record of decedents have dementia. We’re available, palliative care. Joel: Yeah.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

Our field really lacks specificity in the terms that we use, and I think we really don’t know how chronic cancer pain, let’s say, a few years out from that initial diagnosis differs from, let’s say, chronic low back pain. Most oncologists would say no. When you do-do it, who is responsible for the buprenorphine?

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Impact of home care on healthcare use after a first diagnosis of dementia in older adults living with severe mental illness [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To describe individual characteristics and healthcare use in older adults with SMI across home care services (HCS) profiles before and after the first dementia diagnosis. Group 2 was mainly diagnosed in primary care, while Group 3 included more men with better COC and more diagnoses in primary care.

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RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data

Physician's Weekly

At a 2015 conference, Geier spoke about it this way: “They think that [the vaccine’s link to autism has] been completely debunked and the science that we’re doing is no good,” he said. Scientists say the rise may owe to several factors, including better diagnosis, older parents and genetics, The Wall Street Journal said.