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Rural Ontario Complete Lifestyle Medicine Intervention Program (CLIP-ON) [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To assess the feasibility of implementing a lifestyle medicine program in a rural Ontario community for patients with chronic diseases. Results: Cohort one of eight participants completed CLIP-ON in April 2024. Setting: Program was conducted in Parry Sound, ON with participants recruited from the local community.

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #1: Mission: SPACE

PEMBlog

The patient has had improving activity and energy since his fall and initial ED evaluation 2 weeks prior. This patient had a subsequent brain MRI that also revealed papilledema. He also developed hypertension with bradycardia prompting surgical intervention. StatPearls , StatPearls Publishing, 2 February 2024.

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Episode 339: Neurology VMR – left facial numbness for 5 days

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Through her experiences witnessing the challenges faced by patients in underserved areas and hearing their stories, Aye is dedicated to advancing health equity, global health initiatives, and various aspects of neurology, both in clinical practice and medical education.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

All kids with hypertensive emergency need ICU-level care. Upon entering the room, you find the patients nurse at the bedside already in mid-conversation with the patients parent. However, the presence of end-organ damage is the defining feature of a hypertensive emergency, rather than the absolute blood pressure value alone.

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How to manage GLP-1s in the hospital

Today's Hospitalist

Medical societies and hospitals are weighing in on periprocedural concerns in patients taking GLP-1s who need procedures or surgeries. That’s according to two internists who work closely with hospitalized patients who take GLP-1s. These medications are truly life-changing for many patients.”

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

He died in 2024. So I think the first reason that we saw and felt the opportunity was ripe for updating was that some of us had come across some anecdotal examples of patients expressing some offense to that terminology. And I was asking this patient about if he had filled out an advanced directive.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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