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Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

Physician's Weekly

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado. If people in these groups don’t sign up for Medicare when they become eligible, they can find themselves responsible for all their medical bills for years.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 4: Safe prehospital transport of the agitated child

PEMBlog

There are protocols in place that assist highly trained Emergency Medical Service providers in assuring that agitated children are safely transported to their destination. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 3: Pharmacologic management of agitated children

PEMBlog

However, medications can be adjuncts to non-pharmacologic means to help keep agitated children safe from harm. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together. When we think of managing agitated patients we think of medicines – but that shouldn’t be our first option.

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

PEMBlog

This episode is a co-production of the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center whose mission is to minimize morbidity and mortality of acutely ill and injured children across the emergency continuum. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

PEMBlog

Why then do we persist with the “is it medical/organic or psych” question? Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together. Government. Furthermore, the connection between physical and functional symptoms is inextricably linked in many patients.

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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Medical Xpress

What is known is that special cells in the eye called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) detect blue light and send signals to the SCN to reset the clock. This region governs essential behaviors like the circadian clock, sleep, energy balance , and feeding. What are the consequences?

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Nephrology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Lieske, MD , raised concerns about how new government policies may affect international medical graduates and health equity work at ABIM. One notable trend was a higher representation of international medical graduates and osteopathic physicians in the specialty. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N.