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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

By slipping such a headset on their head, students and aspiring dental surgeons can be transported to the OR from their couch ; while patients can visualise a calming landscape while seated at the dreaded dentist’s chair to improve their experience. Dentistry even outpaced other fields of medicine in adopting this method.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 5: Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarded in the ED

PEMBlog

Prolonged emergency department length of stay for US pediatric mental health visits (2005-2015). JAMA Pediatr. 2023;177(2):168–176. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4885 2022.4885 Nash KA, Zima BT, Rothenberg C, et al. Pediatrics. 2021;147(5):e2020030692. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-030692 2020-030692 Lo CB, Bridge JA, Shi J, Ludwig L, Stanley RM.

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

GeriPal

And as of 2015, the survey started to ask folks about cancer history, just some broad questions about lifetime history of cancer and whether they’ve had a cancer diagnosis in the past year. They had to have certain amount of urine drug tests in a year, and they had to wait in line. Katie: Yep.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

I think the big one for me, it was in 2015. 2015, 2016. So I think what’s really exciting is that these community-based organizations, some of those groups that provide training, transportation, respite care, all of that was never included. That’s what Malaz is going to talk about. Malaz: Yeah. Eric: Okay.