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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

from 2000 to 2018 among people over 65 years old. Relate sustainability topics to chronic disease prevention—air pollution and asthma, heat exposure and cardiovascular risks, food systems and metabolic health. We will be sharing different insights and learnings from this breakthrough and peer-reviewed study in the coming weeks.

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Q&A: Experts Urge Pediatric Advocacy Amid Worsening Climate Hazards

Physician's Weekly

In that study , researchers analyzed data from over one million participants from 0 to 19 years of age after torrential rains, floods, and landslides occurred in 2018. Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood, affecting millions of people worldwide and nearly 4.7

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

million people in 2018), shows that the longer you know your GP, the better off you are. GPs Improve Chronic Disease Management We live in a world of aging populations, with rising chronic diseases, multimorbidity, and polypharmacy. of healthcare costs in the EU 2018. Here are the key results.

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

Physician's Weekly

Further, the budget proposes to eliminate all HIV prevention programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They considered it a death sentence, a punishment for irresponsible behavior, or a disease that could infect them through a touch or a shared toilet seat — which it cannot.