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Clinician perception of the relationship between mental health, health-related social needs, and diabetes outcomes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Health-promoting behaviors are crucial for good outcomes in diabetes. However, mental health conditions and health-related social needs (HRSNs) can complicate patients’ success. Intervention/Instrument: Semi-structured interview guide. Outcome Measures: Emergent themes.

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The Role of Lifestyle Medicine in Reversing Early Chronic Disease

Edge Family Medicine

Stress Management: Techniques like meditation, deep breathing, and mindfulness reduce cortisol levels and enhance health. Social Connection: Positive relationships and community support improve mental health and resilience. Contact Us Today Discover how lifestyle medicine can transform your health.

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Drugs Vs. Digital Therapeutics – A Digital Symbiosis

The Medical Futurist

The title, Drugs vs. DTx, is a classic case of the “it’s complicatedrelationship status. But there is another upside: it allows a certain kind of privacy, bringing treatments to the patients’ homes, and removing stigmas typically connected to a number of therapies, either in substance abuse care or in mental health.

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Telehealth for Maternity Care: Qualitative Perspectives of Clinicians and Mothers [Qualitative research]

Annals of Family Medicine

However, health leaders have cautioned about expanding telehealth into maternal-fetal medicine. This concern is in part due to the risk of replacing in-person visits, which are beneficial for building rapport in the mother-infant-provider relationship. Participants also described challenges to expanding telehealth.

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Men’s Health Checklist: Essential Screenings to Prevent Serious Illness

Dr. Michael Bazel

Early detection helps prevent complications and protects your partners. Mental Health Screening Mental wellness is just as important as physical health. As a rule of thumb: 20s–30s: Focus on baseline screenings, STD tests, mental health check-ins, and lifestyle counseling.

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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. Push back against discussions that homelessness is caused by substance use or mental health problems. Push back against individual narratives that blame individuals for systemic injustice.

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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

One example that is presented involves the complicated relationship between the United States and Chinese immigrants and farmworkers in California. She also discusses the importance of the patient-provider relationship and shared-decision making, which helps ensure that a full range of services are being offered to patients.