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When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

Doctor On Demand

When to use telehealth for chest congestion Use telehealth, also known as virtual care , for chest congestion when symptoms are mild to moderate and you need medical advice, prescriptions, or a treatment plan. Virtual visits can diagnose colds, flu , or allergies and help you manage symptoms at home.

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How can you improve your relationship with food?

Vida Family Medicine

These behaviors can be physically and psychologically harmful even if the person does not meet full criteria for being diagnosed with an eating disorder. If you have struggled with your relationship with food- you are not alone!

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

In the other corner, we have the young upstart, able to reach patients across vast distances when delivering palliative care, all in the comfort of wearing pajamas, we have telehealth delivered palliative care. Eric 01:08 On the other, we have the young upstart telehealth delivered palliative care. Consultations versus telehealth.

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Digital Skin Care: Top 8 Dermatology Apps

The Medical Futurist

Self-surveillance solutions, disease guides, educational apps as well as telehealth platforms appeared naturally in dermatology in the past decade. It can diagnose six types of common skin conditions – pimples, acne, scars, dark spots, pigmentation, and dark circles. Cureskin aims to help alleviate the situation.

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed. Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care.

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PC for Patients with Substance Use Disorder: Janet Ho, Sach Kale, Julie Childers

GeriPal

Substance use disorder is one of those complex issues in which clinical practice is changing rapidly. Sach Kale set up an outpatient clinic focused on substance use disorder for patients with cancer. Do you need to be an addiction medicine trained physician to start such a clinic (no: Sach is not). What do they do?

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Psychological Issues in Palliative Care: Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin

GeriPal

Is it that they’re clinically depressed or that they’re understandably sad at the situation that they’re in or specific issues? So there is this meaningful difference between appropriate reactions to illness and clinically significant symptoms of mental health problems. It’s high, it’s too high.