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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

According to the 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown, mortality caused by extreme heat events increased by 53.7% Relate sustainability topics to chronic disease prevention—air pollution and asthma, heat exposure and cardiovascular risks, food systems and metabolic health. from 2000 to 2018 among people over 65 years old.

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

PEMBlog

Pulmonology and surgery were consulted during his hospital stay, and he has since had a left lower lobectomy after healing from his pneumonia. 2023 Jul 24. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan–. He initially presented to his pediatrician two months prior with 10 days of cough and unexplained fevers.

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An Arm and a Leg: The Prescription Drug Playbook, Part I

Physician's Weekly

About 3 in 10 adults reported not taking their medicines as prescribed at some point between July 2022 and July 2023 because of the cost, according to a KFF survey. In January of last year, Cole went to a Walgreens in Appleton, Wisconsin, to get refills on the medication he used to control his asthma. He left without it.