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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

In 2007, Dr. Mancini joined the practice, followed by Dr. Meadows in 2012, and Dr. Gendernalik in 2015. When announcing the transition to a Direct Primary Care practice in April, 2017, they were met with criticism, anger, misunderstanding, and the loss of many patient relationships that meant a great deal to the entire team.

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When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

Doctor On Demand

The American Thoracic Society’s 2015 study, “The Relationship of Mucus Concentration (Hydration) to Mucus Osmotic Pressure and Transport in Chronic Bronchitis,” found that clearing excess mucus is a significant factor in protecting the lungs from “inhaled infectious and noninfectious challenges.”

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Not “burnout,” not moral injury—human rights violations

Pamela Wible MD

(Published 3/18/19, updated 6/20/25) What Is Physician “Burnout”—and Why It Matters Physician “burnout” is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress in the medical workplace. So why are physicians experiencing physical and mental collapse from overwork? He replied, “Yes.”

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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. Gender expression is your physical outward manifestation of how you express your gender identity. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. So it coincided with that. Eric 05:59 Thank you.

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

GeriPal

Heather: I do Alex, and I’m so happy to have this song request, it’s called The Eye by Brandi Carlile, which comes from a quite old 2015 album called The Firewatcher’s Daughter. Here’s one, a senior resident presented a patient morning report and the physical exam said the patient had a scar in the groin.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

I initially got into it because I was really looking at the psychophysiology of stress, and so how stress affects our health and how relationships were always a component of that. But then recognizing that our relationships impact our health even outside the context of stress. And then the second one in 2015.

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Is it time for geriatricians to get on board with lecanemab? Jason Karlawish and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

Heather: I do Alex, and I’m so happy to have this song request, it’s called The Eye by Brandi Carlile, which comes from a quite old 2015 album called The Firewatcher’s Daughter. Here’s one, a senior resident presented a patient morning report and the physical exam said the patient had a scar in the groin.

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