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Understanding components of Maternal Diet among those diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes and/or Hypertension in Flint, MI [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) and Gestational Hypertension (GHTN), each linked to poor maternal and infant health outcomes, affect an average of 5-10% of US pregnancies. Diagnosis for GDM and GHTN were at 31- and 26-weeks’ gestation, respectively. day) and total sugar intake (grams/day). Results: 16.5%

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Black Adult Perspectives on Managing Hypertension with Lifestyle Changes Alone, Medication Alone, or Both Simultaneously [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Nearly half of all US adults have hypertension. Objective: Describe Black adults’ preferences for managing hypertension. Population Studied: Black adults 18 and over with hypertension (N=209). Exactly 50% had heard of the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) eating plan and of those, 69% had tried it.

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Identifying Patients at High Risk for Falls using an AI/ML model [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Overtreatment of hypertension has been identified as a major risk factor for putting patients at risk for falls in patients with low blood pressures. Study Design: Secondary data analysis created a machine learning model that identified high risk patients potentially over treated for hypertension placing them at higher fall risk.

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Ambulatory Behavioral Health Referral Patterns in the Setting of Chronic Medical Conditions [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Of those patients with a BH referral and a chronic condition, hypertension was the most common (n= 2,053, 51%). The most common BH diagnosis on file for patients with and without a chronic condition was Anxiety disorder, unspecified (17% of patients in either group). 8% (n= 1,146) were ordered for medical condition management.

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Telemedicine vs. In-Person Care: Choosing the Best Option for Your Health

Edge Family Medicine

Edge Family Medicine , serving Upland, Montclair, and Rancho Cucamonga , offers both telemedicine and in-person visits , ensuring you get the right care when you need it. When to Choose Telemedicine Routine follow-ups for chronic conditions like hypertension, diabetes, or asthma. Why Choose Edge Family Medicine?

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Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults

GeriPal

We discuss with her how we should work-up and manage “urinary tract infections” (I’ve added air quotes to “UTI” in honor of Tom Finucane’s JAGS article titled “Urinary Tract Infection”—Requiem for a Heavyweight in which he advocated to put air quotes around the term UTI due to the ambiguity of the diagnosis.). I am so excited to be here.

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

GeriPal

Our field really lacks specificity in the terms that we use, and I think we really don’t know how chronic cancer pain, let’s say, a few years out from that initial diagnosis differs from, let’s say, chronic low back pain. But alcohol and opioids are up there. And that’s because we were on the podcast.

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