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Development of a Multidisciplinary Clinic for the Treatment of Obesity in a Canadian University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

of Canadians were at greater risk of chronic diseases due to their BMI, including type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, and hypertension. Pathways offered by Quebec’s public system are heterogeneous, often providing limited services, especially in a preventive setting. Context In 2018, 63.1%

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Researchers Propose Solutions to Improve GLP-1 RA Access

Physician's Weekly

Healthcare Professionals Among healthcare professionals, potential barriers include lack of education, safety concerns, and obesity stigma/weight bias. Health is a social good, and thus society has an obligation to provide health services that address the needs of all.

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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

Earth Day 2025, Part 2: Why Your Voice Matters in the Environmental Health Conversation As we prepare to celebrate Earth Day 2025 on April 22, healthcare professionals, clinic administrators, and medical teams have a unique and powerful role in shaping how patients and communities engage with sustainability and environmental health.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Joe 03:55 You know, my thoughts are screening is important for a variety of reasons, and certainly Doctor Boris and Soo and Anna, Doctor chodos can provide a lot greater clinical insight than I. There has to be effective support provided behind any type of screening strategy in order for it to truly be effective. Joe, your thoughts?

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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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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

But you worry that the advance directive does not provide enough guidance for the specific decision at Yael Jo, do you. So it defines unrepresented as someone who lacks decisional capacity to provide informed consent to a particular medical treatment. It doesn’t provide enough guidance for the clinicians to make decisions.

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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and related factors among primary health care workers in a district of Istanbul: A cross-sectional study from Turkey

BMJ

Two hundred seventy-six of the healthcare professionals were reached (response rate: 85.4%). Chronic Disease Yes 35 (51.5) 56.1% (n=155) of the participants thought that the COVID-19 vaccine would effectively prevent and control the disease. Chronic Disease Yes 35 (51.5) 150 (54.3) 126 (45.7)