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Program Edukasi dan Pelatihan Texas Medical Association bagi Tenaga Medis

Me and My Doctor

Texas Medical Association (TMA) adalah organisasi medis terbesar di Texas, Amerika Serikat, yang memiliki misi utama untuk meningkatkan kesehatan masyarakat dan memastikan kualitas tinggi dalam praktik kedokteran di seluruh negara bagian. Dengan ribuan anggota yang terdiri dari dokter, perawat, dan tenaga medis profesional lainnya, TMA menyediakan berbagai program yang bertujuan untuk mendukung pengembangan karier dan keahlian tenaga medis melalui edukasi dan pelatihan.

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Pregnant women and babies face 'terrifying' threat from xylazine addiction

NPR Health

In parts of the U.S., more than half of pregnant women facing severe addiction are also exposed toxic to the toxic animal tranquilizer xylazine, a threat to them, their fetuses and newborns.

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Probiotics don’t improve outcomes in children with acute gastroenteritis

PEMBlog

Introduction Acute gastroenteritis affects millions of children in the U.S. every year, leading to emergency department visits and hospitalizations. Probiotics, particularly Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG), have been commonly used as a treatment, but evidence supporting their effectiveness has been limited. A new study conducted by the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) aimed to determine whether LGG could reduce the severity of gastroenteritis in children.

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Caregiving can be a tough, lonely mission. One daughter found ways to reconnect

NPR Health

Some 106 million people provide unpaid care for an adult in the U.S. Many feel invisible and profoundly lonely. But some are creating new ways to support each other.

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Episode 362 – WDx #32: Stiff Shells and Stiff Hearts—Dissecting Constrictive Pericarditis & Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] Kaylin, Sharmin, Cheryl, and Jane discuss two cases of volume overload. Kaylin reviews the pathophysiology behind constrictive pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy, normal pericardial and thoracic anatomy and pressure changes with respiration, and the difference in treatments between the two disease processes.

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This is what it’s really like to have OCD, according to 4 people living with it

NPR Health

OCD is often misunderstood. Here’s what it’s like, from people who live with it.

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COVID Updates: A Podcast with Peter Chin-Hong and Lona Mody

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary In March 2020, we launched our first podcast on COVID-19. Over the past four years, we’ve seen many changes—some positive, some negative. While many of us are eager to move past COVID (myself included), it’s clear that COVID is here to stay. This week, we sit down with infectious disease experts Peter Chin-Hong and Lona Mody to discuss living with COVID-19.

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Election anxiety is real. A doctor explains how to manage it

NPR Health

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Lucy McBride, doctor of internal medicine and podcast host, about managing election anxiety.