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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

The second piece is getting folks to be successful at restricting their calories, which works well when nutrition education and behavioral counseling strategies are combined—and even better when provided in a group setting. How might primary care physicians coordinate this care in settings with limited specialist access?

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Parent-Reported Firearm Storage Poor Estimator of Teen Perceived Access

Physician's Weekly

households was seen for the number of firearms stored unlocked (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 65.7), regardless of teen gender, parental education, r urbanicity. The best performance for estimating teen perceived access to firearms in U.S. In households where all firearms were stored locked and unloaded, 36.3

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‘Gas Station Heroin’ Spurs Spike in Poison Control Calls, FDA Warns

Physician's Weekly

“You never quite know what’s in that bottle,” Dr. Diane Calello of the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System told the AP. For more than a decade, however, poison control centers nationwide have seen an uptick in calls linked to the ingredient.

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AAP Updates Recommendations for Adolescent Contraceptive Counseling

Physician's Weekly

To enable adolescents to choose the best method for their goals, preferences, and needs, regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, illness, or ability status, a developmentally appropriate approach should be informed by principles of shared decision-making and person-centered care.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

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And then John, I’d love to hear from you starting off, you’re a palliative care doc, right? John: I am what I am, which is a family practice doctor. I can name probably 10 organizations across the United States where you can get education on being an end-of-life doula and they’re all slightly different.

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