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Racial and Disaggregated Ethnic Disparities of Blood Pressure Control in Community Health Centers [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Hypertension is the most prevalent reversible risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Blood pressure (BP) control (<130/80 systolic/diastolic) is poor nationally, and is inequitable by race/ethnicity, with minimal understanding of the differences within Latino patients by country of origin.

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A Brief Mindfulness Intervention to Lower Repeat BP in Primary Care [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

Longer-duration interventions have demonstrated reduction of physiological parameters such as systolic blood pressure (Carlton 2007; Loucks 2019; Lee 2020). Population: Adult patients 18-85 presenting for ambulatory care with initial BP 140/90. However, MBI brief enough for the primary care setting have received little attention.

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Increasing Rates of Pre-Pregnancy T2D Tied to Higher Fetal, Neonatal Risk

Physician's Weekly

Mothers with T2D were more likely than their counterparts with gestational diabetes to experience pregnancy-induced hypertension, a preterm birth at less than 37 weeks, and preeclampsia. The National Pregnancy in Diabetes Audit 2020 identified glucose control as being the main modifiable risk factor for pregnancy outcomes in T2D.

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Ambulatory Behavioral Health Referral Patterns in the Setting of Chronic Medical Conditions [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Patients with chronic medical conditions (CCs) and behavioral comorbidities have lower quality of life and increased healthcare expenses. Our work builds a foundation for cost-effective workflows to support patients with multimorbidity. 8% (n= 1,146) were ordered for medical condition management.

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Episode 176: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 8 – Towards Justice and Race Conscious Medicine

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Roberts JD For the patient I see tomorrow: Beyond recognizing that race is not a proxy for biology, we can all ask ourselves “What way is structural racism affecting my patient and what can I do about it?” For example, GFR- race correction for Black patients.

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

19:05 Clarifying the “ethics vs science” argument and critiquing research techniques 22:00 Resurgence of race-based speculation in COVID-19-related research 25:57 Implantation of ideas about innate racial inferiority within medicine 28:32 Will removal of race from algorithms potentially harm our patients?

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Why is sleep so important for your health?

Vida Family Medicine

Often when a patient comes to me wanting to improve their health, they have put most of their focus on making changes to their diet and exercise. If you do not currently have a doctor, we are accepting new patients! Visit our website to learn more and become a patient so we can get started on helping you improve sleep right away.