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Development of a Multidisciplinary Clinic for the Treatment of Obesity in a Canadian University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context In 2018, 63.1% Pathways offered by Quebec’s public system are heterogeneous, often providing limited services, especially in a preventive setting. Pathways offered by Quebec’s public system are heterogeneous, often providing limited services, especially in a preventive setting.

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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

from 2000 to 2018 among people over 65 years old. Earth Day is an opportunity for medical professionals to lead the conversation on how sustainability directly affects health. The healthcare sector contributes 8.5% According to the 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown, mortality caused by extreme heat events increased by 53.7%

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Episode 262: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 18 – Remedying Health Inequities Driven by the Carceral System

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Incarceration negatively affects the physical and mental health of people who are incarcerated as well as their family members and loved ones, and limits access to healthcare before, during, and after incarceration. All healthcare professionals will have patients who are directly or indirectly impacted by the carceral system.

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Goodbye NSURE, Hello ACNU! FDA Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Rule to Bring OTC Drugs with a Little Something Extra to Market

FDA Law Blog

The application also would need to describe the ACNU and provide information to support its use including its purpose and how it ensures appropriate self-selection or actual use or both, a description of the key elements of the ACNU, supportive data, and a description of “the specific way the ACNU is operationalized”.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

Our last podcast was with Laura Petrillo in 2018 – 5 years ago seems ancient history – though many of the points still apply today (e.g. So learning more about how to inform providers on how to make decisions about de-prescribing based on prognosis, based on diabetes type, based on their oral intake and their goals.

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Medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications among US youth and young adults: An Introduction

BMJ

Two out of three drug overdose deaths in 2018 involved an opioid – be it prescription opioids, heroin, or synthetic opioids. 6 As a result of these and many other actions, the death toll from opioid overdose fell by more than 4% between 2017 and 2018. 2 Opioids contribute a large share of this overdose crisis.

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Leveraging U=U Interventions for Black Women With HIV

Physician's Weekly

The systematic review of peer-reviewed intervention was published from 2018 to 2023. An Outside Expert Shares Her Perspective Nadine Harris, MD , who was not involved in the study, spoke with Physician’s Weekly ( PW ) about the results and ways to provide optimal care to Black women with HIV.