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Why are So Many Teens and 20-Somethings Today Anxiety-Ridden?

Doctor Rachel

I don’t know how it seems to be going in your home or the town or city you live in, but I am seeing an epidemic of anxious, stressed out teens, in my office and in my community. have lost much of our communal connection. And I am not alone. since the 1940’s. 25% of teens in the U.S. Specifically, Western countries, like the U.S.,

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A New Book on Hatch-Waxman – Breaking the Medicine Monopolies: Reflections of a Generic Drug Pioneer

FDA Law Blog

Karst — In the Hatch-Waxman Community there are certain folks who are viewed as “the Founders” or pioneers of the law. There are, of course, the names Representative Henry Waxman and Senator Orrin Hatch, but there were several other Founders.

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How Gut Health and Digestion Influence Cholesterol Levels

Imperial Center Family Medicine

To eliminate excess cholesterol, specialized liver enzymes transform it into bile salts that get stored in your gallbladder. Certain families of commensal bacteria express specialized enzymes enabling them to convert cholesterol into an intricately related byproduct called coprostanol that is poorly absorbed through intestinal walls.

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Episode 262: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 18 – Remedying Health Inequities Driven by the Carceral System

The Clinical Problem Solvers

The ways to remedy the negative impacts of incarceration are to incarcerate fewer people and to invest in communities. Providing communities with the resources they need to survive, such as educational opportunities, jobs, and quality healthcare, will eliminate the need for incarceration.

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Medicine or Madness?

Blood, Sweat, and Tears

But What broke the monotony was a special nurse with a special personality who I laughed my head off with during every call. She was deeply involved in community outreach projects and truly cared for the community she was a part of. I guess it’s necessary as a coping mechanism. I’m not sure why.

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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD extraordinaire who published this amazing book, Demystifying Opioid Conversions , 2nd Ed., Summary Transcript Summary. A patient is on morphine and you want to convert it to another opioid like hydromorphone (dilaudid). How do you do that? which advocates for an updated, wait for it… equianalgesic table! .

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Be The Market: How Doctors Should Invest Their Money

The Motivated MD

I will dedicate a chapter to real estate investing later in this book. The Three Fund Portfolio, originally popularized by the Bogleheads’ community (a community dedicated to the practices and advice of Vanguard founder Jack Bogle), is a very simple strategy for intelligently investing your savings.

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