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Combating Food Insecurity in Minnesota

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

A Collaborative Approach Between Health Care Providers and Community Partners Food insecurity affects thousands of Minnesotans, often contributing to chronic health conditions and overall poor health outcomes. An excerpt follows: 2024-04. Essentia Health partners with Second Harvest Northland to provide emergency food access.

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Is there enough time for prevention in primary care?

Common Sense Family Doctor

A 2024 analysis projected that by 2040 a shortage of 58,000 primary care clinicians (including nurse practitioners and physician assistants) will occur. Since 2020, the starting ages for breast, lung, and colorectal cancer screening were lowered to 40, 50, and 45 years, respectively. hours) allocated to preventive care.

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Parvo Podcast! Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease, and more!

PEMBlog

It was discovered by accident back in 1975, so a little bit before I was born, and it was labeled B19 because of the sample number in a Hepatitis B screening panel. Parvovirus B19 is not routinely screened for in pregnancy, but vertical transmission can cause hydrops fetalis, stillbirth, and severe fetal anemia. UpToDate , Jun.