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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

According to the 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown, mortality caused by extreme heat events increased by 53.7% Earth Day is an opportunity for medical professionals to lead the conversation on how sustainability directly affects health. The healthcare sector contributes 8.5% from 2000 to 2018 among people over 65 years old.

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Patients & Clinicians Describe COPD Exacerbations Differently

Physician's Weekly

were male, and nearly one-third (31.5%) had comorbid asthma. In addition, strong emotions were reported in relation to exacerbations and are rarely used by clinicians to refer to these events (eg, being worried, frightened),” Dr. Franssen and colleagues said. “To Respondents were a median age of 58 years, 50.5%

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