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A Guide to Allergy Testing

Mesa Family Physician

Types of Allergy Testing Different types of tests are available depending on your symptoms, medical history, and preferences. While convenient, they may not be as accurate as those done in a medical setting. Let your provider know about any medications or recent illnesses. Can Blood Pressure Affect Allergy Testing?

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Evaluation of the Aloft Collaborative Behavioral Model [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Collaborative behavioral care models (CBCM) in primary care often struggle to integrate care processes and sustain themselves financially. Clinical measures include rate of diagnoses, medication changes, PHQ9. Following a pilot study, the model appears to be feasible with potential for high impact.

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Doctors Within Borders

Integrated Care News by CFHA

He is diagnosed with a lazy eye and prescribed an eyepatch. A scene shows Samuele making slingshots from sticks he collects and medical rubber bands and then taking them to a local field to shoot projectiles at cactus plants with his friends. The post Doctors Within Borders appeared first on Integrated Care News.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

Pregnant with her second child, she schleps a backpack instead of a traditional black bag to carry a laptop and essential medical supplies — stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, and pulse oximeter. Ellen had been diagnosed with vascular dementia, peripheral vascular disease, and Type 2 diabetes. A headband was tied around her white hair.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

In particular, we talk about Katie’s and Jesica’s paper in NEJM titled “ Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs — Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care ,” which described the difficulty in managing cancer pain and methadone for opioid use disorder. Jessie: Yes. And then, looking at- Eric: Wow. So, one out of 10? Devon: Yes.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. We have 350,000 grandparents taking care of grandkids. 60% of all medical costs have nothing to do with your health diagnosis. To Susan’s point. They touch every single system.