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Anti-Inflammatory Living

Doctor Rachel

You probably don’t spend much time thinking about inflammation in your body, but inflammation is a buzz-word in the medical community these days is because it is such an important part of health and wellness. If you are missing sleep in your life, look at my recent blog “Sleepless in Santa Cruz” for healthy tips on falling and staying asleep.

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Medical Music Mondays: Asthma Status

PEMBlog

What if a boy band from the year 2000 wrote a song about he management of status asthmaticus and then someone made a video and then posted that video to a Pediatric Emergency Medicine blog. Lyrics Difficulty breathing, asthma’s bad tonight albuterol and atrovent Dexamethasone All right!

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You don’t need X-Rays in a child with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first time wheezing

PEMBlog

This is a blog post and a podcast episode designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

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Announcing a new 5 part comprehensive education series featuring the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Choosing Wisely recommendations

PEMBlog

There will be episodes of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast, blog posts here on PEMBlog, articles from Don’t Forget the Bubbles , videos, and more! Do not obtain radiographs in children with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first-time wheezing.

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Ninth Circuit Upholds FDA’s Authority to Regulate Stem Cell Clinic Treatments

FDA Law

(Note we do not discuss the cell expansion variety of this treatment further in this blog as the court quickly dispensed of it as obviously not subject to the SSP exception.) These procedures are offered to treat a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer’s, arthritis, asthma, cancer, etc., a) or the SSP exception.

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You don’t need to order comprehensive viral panels for most patients

PEMBlog

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not. Hosp Pediatr. Pediatrics.

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Critics Suggest FDA Approving Aduhelm Will Erode the “Public Trust”: What About Patients’ Trust?

FDA Law

As someone who studied in the fields of public health, medical sociology, and biomedical ethics, I was impressed with how quickly the pharmaceutical and biotechnology arena caught up with what took many decades to occur in the context of the physician-patient relationship. Further Resources on Patient Input. 3, 2020).