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Rural Ontario Complete Lifestyle Medicine Intervention Program (CLIP-ON) [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To assess the feasibility of implementing a lifestyle medicine program in a rural Ontario community for patients with chronic diseases. gender, age, race, education, etc.), All participants increased their physical activity with 80% progressing towards their health goals.

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Hockey FIT for Women (HFIT for Women): Evaluating the effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle program for female hockey fans [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: More than half of Canadian women are overweight or have obesity, highlighting a need for innovative health promotion strategies to reduce the risk for chronic diseases. Intervention: Program was delivered once weekly (90 minutes) and consisted of 50% in-class education and 50% exercise. kg (SD=20.4) at baseline and 53.8%

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Why Is It Important For You To Take Care Of Your Body?

Mesa Family Physician

When you prioritize your physical and mental health, you’re investing in your future well-being and quality of life. The Connection Between Physical and Mental Health Why should you take care of your body and mental health together? Mental Clarity and Cognitive Function Physical health significantly impacts brain function.

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Tool Gauges Burden Among Caregivers of Patients With Psoriasis

Physician's Weekly

Ulrich Mrowietz, MD, explains that psoriasis “is a chronic disease, and a large amount of money and resources are wasted due to non-adherent behavior or lack of appropriate treatment and comorbidity costs.” The burden of psoriasis extends beyond the patient to the caregivers who help to manage day-to-day symptoms.

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Psychological Issues in Palliative Care: Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

And I think one key part is educating the field, not just my fellow cardiologists, but also primary care doctors, geriatricians, that there’s this heart failure syndrome that is kind of sneaky, and it’s kind of difficult to diagnose any. Another study looking at the benefits of physical rehabilitation in patients with HFpEF.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

These are patients who had a pre-existing chronic disease, very broadly defined. COPD, heart failure, solid oncology, hematologic malignancy, dementia, ALS, interstitial lung disease, several others. Eric: And who are the patients including in this trial, again? Kate: These are very sick patients. Kate: Sure. Eric: Okay.