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Lived experience of individuals with thalassemia in Eastern India [Allergy/Immunology]

Annals of Family Medicine

The study aimed to explore the lived experiences of thalassemia patients in Eastern India and examined how social relationships impacted treatment adherence. The authors, both individually and collectively, utilized an immersion-crystallization approach to analyze the content of the interviews. were males and 45.4% were females.

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Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

WHO grouped these determinants into contextual, individual, and group influences and vaccine/vaccination-specific issues. There is an ongoing debate about the ethics of utilizing nudges in policy and health care that focuses on whether nudging undermines autonomy and whether it could be ethically justified even if/when it does.

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Impact of Toxic Stress, Inadequate Sleep, and Depressive Disorders on Cognitive Decline in US Elderly Adult Population [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Despite individual studies highlighting the detrimental impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), insufficient sleep, and depression on cognitive function, a detailed understanding of their combined impact on subjective cognitive decline remains poorly understood. Results: Our study sample had an average age of 73.3

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

We have the chance to support each other by breaking the stigma, utilizing local and federal resources, and better recognizing the signs and symptoms. They have an easier time finding healthy coping mechanisms and positive emotions, and can maintain supportive relationships. What is Mental Health?

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

These priorities include supporting the physician workforce, utilizing data and predictive interventions to improve patient outcomes, and boosting quality and affordability for patients. In Kaiser Permanente here, we exist to provide high-quality, affordable health care for our patients in the communities we serve.

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Episode 232: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 15 – Housing is Health: Racism and Homelessness – Clinician + Community Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

This is the last of three episodes interrogating the relationships between race, place, housing, and health. Know your community resources. Our guests emphasize that physicians must be familiar with community resources. Do you have a coordinated entry system (CES) in your community? Calac, Victor A.

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Episode 275: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 19 – Reframing the Opioid Epidemic: Anti-Racist Praxis, Racial Health Inequities, and Harm Reduction

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Identify realistic solutions to drug policy reform that promote health equity among marginalized communities living in the United States. Screening for substance use and offering connections to treatment and community-based services are important strategies that clinicians can implement in their own practice today.