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Diabetes related complications among Ethiopian Jews-Outcomes of a 10 years cohort study in Israel [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Design and analysis: The study employed a comprehensive cohort design to compare individuals with T2D who were Ethiopian-born to their Israeli-born counterparts. Results: The study sample encompassed 78,637 individuals newly diagnosed with T2D during the specified period, with 4,568 of them being Ethiopian-born.

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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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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

The Health Policy Exchange

mHealth applications can complement and expand care provided at traditional face-to-face visits, and exploring their untapped potential to improve health in the U.S. Smartphone apps now include a variety of self-management tools for weight loss, physical activity, and chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.

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What Is Nutrition Counseling and How it Can Help You Achieve Your Weight Management Goals

Dr. Michael Bazel

Whether you’re aiming to lose weight, gain weight, or maintain your current weight, nutrition counseling can provide the guidance and support you need to reach your goals effectively. Unlike one-size-fits-all diet plans, nutrition counseling focuses on your individual needs. What Is Nutrition Counseling?

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Reframing conceptualizations of opioid use disorder treatment in primary care [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

These included people with lived/living experience of drug use, clinicians, researchers, government health department staff, and individuals from non-government organizations focusing on drug use. specialists, social workers), thus providing care continuity. specialists, social workers), thus providing care continuity.

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Researchers Propose Solutions to Improve GLP-1 RA Access

Physician's Weekly

“Society all too often conceptualizes obesity as a problem of individual willpower, which could reduce the demand for pharmacological treatments among those who are most affected and who have the potential for greatest benefit,” the researchers said.

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Is there enough time for prevention in primary care?

Common Sense Family Doctor

Meanwhile, the estimated time needed to provide guideline-recommended preventive care, chronic disease care, and acute care to a nationally representative panel of 2,500 adult patients is an impossible 26.7 hours per day, with more than one-half of that time (14.1 hours) allocated to preventive care.