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When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

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This concern is especially serious for people with high blood pressure, diabetes, or who have a history of heart disease. Patients with asthma may need to increase the frequency of their inhaler use or take a short course of oral steroids. Warm liquids can be especially soothing to irritated airways.

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

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In fact, most sore throat symptoms resolve in three days for 60-70% of patients, according to March 2025 UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision support system used by healthcare professionals. If swallowing is extremely painful and the fever is high, you may not have enough time to get to the ER safely without emergency transport.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Why would that be? And so, let’s help them.

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Right Relationships in the Real World

Doctor Rachel

And I am a family practice doctor (I treat everyone for everything) who is also board certified in integrative medicine. I particularly love being able to meet my patients where they are and help them discover the “key in the lock” for their particular ailments. Compulsively comprehensive. I love my work.