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The Role of Lifestyle Medicine in Reversing Early Chronic Disease

Edge Family Medicine

Stress Management: Techniques like meditation, deep breathing, and mindfulness reduce cortisol levels and enhance health. Social Connection: Positive relationships and community support improve mental health and resilience. Contact Us Today Discover how lifestyle medicine can transform your health.

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Drugs Vs. Digital Therapeutics – A Digital Symbiosis

The Medical Futurist

The title, Drugs vs. DTx, is a classic case of the “it’s complicated” relationship status. They hold the promise of improved health outcomes, greater accessibility, and cost-effectiveness in patient care when used based on proper evidence. DTx solutions are typically delivered through smartphone apps.

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

Edwards edited by Gaby Clark , reviewed by Andrew Zinin Gaby Clark scientific editor Meet our editorial team Behind our editorial process Andrew Zinin lead editor Meet our editorial team Behind our editorial process Editors notes This article has been reviewed according to Science Xs editorial process and policies.

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Episode 275: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 19 – Reframing the Opioid Epidemic: Anti-Racist Praxis, Racial Health Inequities, and Harm Reduction

The Clinical Problem Solvers

One example that is presented involves the complicated relationship between the United States and Chinese immigrants and farmworkers in California. She then goes into how the racialization of substance use drove positive public sentiment for the adoption of punitive outcomes for substance use.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps. It used to be a much more complicated model. As a nurse, how challenging would it be to do eight hours of training and jump into this complicated world? David: We used the VA specific care assessment needs score, which- Eric: Oh, the CAN score.

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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

We’ve got a, Sheryl published a great article, and Kenny and Ken published an editorial for that article. The songs about how saving lives is actually a pretty complicated business. And that’s why I think your article is so important is that we need standards. And which journal again? Eric: JAMA Network Open.

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Palliative Care for Mental Illness: A Podcast with Dani Chammas and Brent Kious

GeriPal

We invited Dani Chammas , a palliative care physician and psychiatrist at UCSF (and a frequent guest to the GeriPal podcast), as well as Brent Kious , a psychiatrist at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, focusing on the management of severe persistent mental illnesses. Eric 00:51 And Alex, who do we have with us today?

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