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The US Healthcare System vs…….South Park ?!?!

Noreta Family Medicine

For instance, in May, I prescribed a diabetic medicine for a patient. The patient was unable to pick up the medicine due to the cost (about $1800), so I prescribed the other diabetic medicine in the same class. Melissa Boylan, MD, FAAFP Family Physician and Owner of Noreta Family Medicine ← Read Past Articles Here!

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Can food policy changes make America healthy again?

Common Sense Family Doctor

A recent systematic review of meta-analyses of observational studies found convincing or highly suggestive links between ultra-processed food exposure and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, anxiety, all-cause and cardiovascular deaths, depression, sleep problems, wheezing, and obesity.