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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

Behavior Change Happens in the Exam Room Unlike government agencies or corporations, healthcare professionals speak directly to individuals in a trusted, one-on-one setting. Relate sustainability topics to chronic disease prevention—air pollution and asthma, heat exposure and cardiovascular risks, food systems and metabolic health.

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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

Our Consulting Services offer customized strategies for group practices, health systems, and medical societies ready to accelerate their impact and lead the way in climate-smart care. Visit our website to explore membership options, start a Practice Management program, or speak with us about our Consulting Services. Cavanagh, D.,

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

We included people with bronchial asthma and many people with paralysis, paraplegia. So, though the Lands Commission brought up the phrase, serious health related suffering only in 2017, I realized that’s what we were treating. They would not have fit into the definition of palliative care, the Western WHO definition of palliative care.

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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

Respiratory drugs, including many inhaled medications, exhibited dramatically increased prescribing during March 2020, with some evidence from the types of inhalers involved that this was driven primarily by patients with COPD rather than asthma. Multiple drugs saw increased prescribing at specific points, while others were clearly reduced.