Tue.May 13, 2025

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Don’t Wait to Launch a Membership Medicine Pilot Program: CCP’s plug and play approach makes it easy to get started

Concierge Choice Physicians

As anyone who works for a large organization understands, time is often the biggest enemy. Many people have great ideas, but getting the team to actualize them can be a long and tedious process. There are consequences to delay, however. Your healthcare organization has a vital untapped resource: your patient relationships. With the right membership medicine approach, this resource can: Turn a primary care practice from a loss leader to a revenue center Improve physician morale and counter burnou

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How To Future-Proof Your Brain: Simple Daily Practices to Improve Focus, Energy, Memory, Mood & Emotional Wellbeing with Dr Daniel Amen

Dr Chatterjee

Our understanding of gut health has evolved dramatically over the past two decades, to the point where we now know it plays a crucial role in everything from our immune system, our ability to respond to stress, our skin and even our mental wellbeing.

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FDA moves to ban fluoride supplements for kids, removing a key tool for dentists

NPR Health

The agency is taking steps to remove prescription fluoride treatments that children swallow.

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Work-life balance for hospitalists: How happy are you?

Today's Hospitalist

WHEN IT COMES to work-life balance for hospitalists, the good news is that most physicians say they’re happy. According to our most recent survey data, nearly three-fourths of adult hospitalists—71%—said they’re satisfied or very satisfied with their work-life balance. Twelve percent of respondents said they’re dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with work-life balance, and 17% were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied.

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A quarter of children have a parent with substance use disorder, a study finds

NPR Health

A new study estimates that 19 million children in the U.S. have a parent with a substance use disorder and that alcohol is the most commonly used substance by the parents.

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COVID-19 Surge in Thailand: What It Means for Event Planners & Corporate Health Programs

InHouse Physicians

COVID Cases Spike in Thailand — Here's Why It Matters Globally Thailand has reported a significant surge in COVID-19 cases , with over 8,400 patients seeking hospital treatment between April 27 and May 3. The highest concentrations were in Bangkok, Chonburi, and Nonthaburi — regions known for both local tourism and international events.

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A matchmaking service with a twist: Connecting big givers to programs cut by USAID

NPR Health

A former USAID worker has a new mission. She's hoping to connect philanthropists with overseas programs that have lost or are likely to lose their U.S. funding.

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UnitedHealth Group abruptly replaces CEO Andrew Witty, deepening a terrible year

NPR Health

The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.

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STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Statement on Decision to Withdraw FDA Ban on Menthol Cigarettes

Doctors for America

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 May 13, 2025 Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Statement on Decision to Withdraw FDA Ban on Menthol Cigarettes WASHINGTON, D.C. – Doctors for America’s (DFA) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Task Force is deeply disappointed by the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the FDA’s plan to ban menthol cigarettes.

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He was experiencing psychosis. Then, his boss made a decision that saved his life

NPR Health

A few years ago, "A" experienced a psychotic episode. His boss made a decision that saved his life.

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The 'Oscar' of food prizes goes to a Brazilian who harnessed the power of bacteria

NPR Health

This year's $500,000 World Food Prize, for advances in agriculture and nutrition, goes to Mariangela Hungria, who boosted Brazil's farming revolution, turning the country into a soybean superpower.

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Pharmacists stockpile most common drugs on chance of targeted Trump tariffs

NPR Health

While Big Pharma seems ready to weather the tariff storm, independent pharmacists and makers of generic drugs which account for 90% of U.S. prescriptions see trouble ahead for patients.

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RFK Jr. got rid of an 'alphabet soup' of health agencies. Now, Congress gets a say

NPR Health

On Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. goes to Capitol Hill to promote and defend his massive overhaul of HHS, and President Trump's plans to change it even more.

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Trump administration's universal flu vaccine project puzzles scientists

NPR Health

The Trump administration has launched a $500 million project to develop a universal flu vaccine that won't need yearly updates. But vaccine experts are mystified by its focus on a dated technology.