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Q&A: Prioritizing Early Intervention in Pediatric Obesity

Physician's Weekly

This starts with recognition that obesity is a chronic disease. When a child has risk factors but has not developed the disease, we must continue to provide preventive care and support for the family and appropriately match intensity and dose of the intervention. What modifications would you recommend to clinicians?

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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

In This Issue : New Research: Teaching Patients about Climate Resilience Make the Pledge Today to Go Green Get Ready for Earth Day 2025 (part 2)! It tells your office colleagues and patients that your healthcare practice or clinic is committed to forging a healthier work space and community. The healthcare sector contributes 8.5%

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Top Challenges 2025: Practice administrators face growing uncertainty

Physician's Practice

Practice leaders continue to search for practical solutions that support financial stability, streamline operations and improve patient care while working to stay resilient amid industry-wide disruptions. Be sure to check out this month's digital edition which features tips on how to overcome these challenges.

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Psychological Issues in Palliative Care: Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin

GeriPal

As she said, when you think about the hardest patients you’ve cared for, in nearly all cases there was some aspect of psychological illness involved. Then, “Keep your hand up if you frequently refer patients with cancer pain to a psychologist?” That rings true to me. All hands go up. All hands go down.

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Episode 145: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 3 – Structural Inequities and the Pandemic’s Winter Surge

The Clinical Problem Solvers

When it comes to pandemics more broadly, the role of non-pharmaceutical interventions, like mask wearing, social distancing, and stay at home orders, must be recognized for their robust potential to reduce disease spread and burden. Download Transcript Here Episode 4: Structural Inequalities and a Second Wave.” December 3, 2020.