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Nutrition and dietary guidelines: stirring the (policy) pot

The Health Policy Exchange

Just as medical students and residents must be taught to become antismoking advocates, they need to be taught how to advocate for healthier food environments as part of their role as future physician-citizens. and MyPlate.

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Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

He emphasized ABIM’s focus on patient-centered standards and promoting high-quality care, as well as ABIM’s commitment to ensuring a diverse governance that reflects the physician and patient population. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N. Above all, they noted the value of evolving definitions and remaining inclusive.

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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

For instance, the UK government’s initiative to install solar panels on National Health Service sites is projected to save each site up to £45,000 annually, amounting to approximately £13 million in total savings per year. My personal advocacy project is the problem of single use eyedrops. Ophthalmology , 128 (5), 796–798.

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Episode 209: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 12 – Our Land is Our Health: Addressing Anti-Indigenous Racism in Medicine

The Clinical Problem Solvers

The term “Native American” is frequently used but does not cover Indigenous Peoples from across the world The Burden of Proof Dr. Sequist discusses “blood quantum”, which is an attempt by the federal government to reduce one’s identity as an Indigenous person to a percentage of blood affiliated with specific Tribes in the US.

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N. Johnson, MD, FACP, FIDSA , Senior Vice President for Academic and Medical Affairs at ABIM, led a discussion with the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board on community practice in the specialty to create a more inclusive understanding of its role and scope. APDEM Matthew J.

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Away from war but no peace for Ukraine-returned Indian students

Tiny Physician

Governments declare war, but it is the civilians who suffer. Indian medical students, who were pursuing their studies in Ukraine, were the most affected Indians in this whole matter. Besides, the cost of MBBS in private medical colleges is sky-high.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Bill 16:55 First of all, I just have to go back to Dax, because Dax in 1973 is when I first came out here as a senior medical student and met Al Johnson. Eric 42:11 But how much of it is like Winston Churchill, like, democracy is the worst form of government. And I followed that story ever since. Bill 42:22 I did not.