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Are you on track with your sustainability goals?

My Green Doctor

Healthcare professionals are uniquely positioned to lead on climate—and their patients are listening. From rising asthma rates to heat-related illnesses, climate change is already harming the most vulnerable among us. Todd Sack, Executive Director, My Green Doctor Are you on track with your sustainability goals?

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Episode 74: On COVID-19 – A case-based discussion with Drs. Block, Thakur, and Chin-Hong

The Clinical Problem Solvers

He is a medical educator who specializes in treating infectious diseases, particularly infections that develop in patients who have suppressed immune systems, such as as solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and HIV+ organ transplant recipients.

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Detroit Air Quality Update June 29th 2023

Plum Health

Visibility is good and asthma exacerbations happen with fewer frequency. There are several ill health effects that can happen with prolonged exposure to poor air quality. In general, for all patients, I recommend limiting the amount of time outside today or wearing a mask if outside, ideally an N95.

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

PEMBlog

This seems like a lot for five straightforward ideas, but we hope that you will find ways to incorporate the evidence via this content, and learn how to have more informed discussions with patients and their families. Do not obtain radiographs in children with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first-time wheezing.

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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

This isn’t just about saving the planet—it’s also about saving money, protecting patients, and strengthening our healthcare systems from the inside out. Organizations such as EyeSustain and My Green Doctor are educating clinicians and practice managers on ways to reduce medical waste and are promoting research on this topic.

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

I’ll make the important distinction between gastritis – which is diagnosed only via endoscopy – and dyspepsia, the term best used to describe the symptoms many patients experience. Gastroesophageal reflux disease is when the patients have severe symptoms that persist and cause long term issues.