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Digestive Health: When To See Your Doctor About Chronic Gut Problems

Center for Family Medicine

Early evaluation prevents complications like malnutrition or aspiration. Untreated GERD can lead to complications such as esophagitis , Barrett's esophagus, or even esophageal cancer. Ignoring persistent digestive symptoms can lead to complications and make treatment more challenging.

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Tips for Immediate Azento and EV

CDOCS

<p>With all the recent interest in Azento and Astra EV, I thought I'd share a case with a couple of tips to help you avoid a couple of complications I encountered during a procedure.</p> This particular root is often the cause of difficult or complicated extractions. & </p> <p>[image:5.jpg]</p>

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Corona Together

StorytellERdoc

Being an ER physician facing this dilemma on the front lines of a large emergency and trauma center, I am also bearing witness to the more daunting picture of this dilemma--the mental and physical effects Covid-19 is having on our patients as well as on all of us. I have always had a great faith in humanity.

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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. When to go to the ER for a sore throat Go to the emergency room (ER) if your sore throat causes any difficulty swallowing or breathing.

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Finding the Right Clinic: A Guide to Quality Care

Plum Health

No more googling "ER near me" in a panic; you can get quick and competent care at an urgent care center. If you have a chronic condition like asthma, diabetes, or arthritis, unexpected complications or flare-ups can occur at any time. Patients can receive consultations, diagnosis, and treatment without needing an overnight stay.

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Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson

GeriPal

If they’ve said they had a traumatic experience receiving a diagnosis. And so in terms of, am I looking to put a DSM diagnosis to someone? What would be the benefit to myself, or hopefully for them to add a DSM diagnosis? Eric 21:58 I think for the coding, your encounter with a diagnosis. I wonder why?

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Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

GeriPal

The ability to appreciate, recognize, and engage with music is preserved even until late stages of dementia, and Theresa is examining how music can be useful from the time of diagnosis, not only for the person with dementia, but their caregivers. I’m originally an ER physician. Relationships are usually more complicated.

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