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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

For dentists, it’s transforming diagnosis, decision-making, and treatment planning. Orthodontics: planning the perfect smile Creating the ideal orthodontic treatment plan (braces and Co.) AI models help orthodontists create the best treatment plans, and predict how the result will look like.

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Getting Answers: A Patient's Guide to Discussing Unexplained Symptoms with Your Doctor

Vida Family Medicine

They do not hold an educational credential that qualifies them to diagnose and treat you. Educational credentials ensure that you know the person treating you has at least a minimum level of background education in the field of medicine in which they are advising you.

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Advanced Imaging of Children in the ED: Ultrasound, CT, and MRI

PEMBlog

In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast , Brad Sobolewski discusses advanced imaging in pediatric emergency care with Dr. Jennifer Marin ( jennifer.marin@chp.edu ) from UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh. We know that nine out of ten children that go to the ER do not go to children’s hospital ERs.

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

GeriPal

During my training, I didn’t receive much education about radiation oncology, and I’m not entirely sure what some of the terms mean (hypofractionated means fewer sessions, right?). I didn’t know where they existed within the hospital. Anish 07:54 I would say sort of echoing what Emily was just referring to is education is key.

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Episode 232: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 15 – Housing is Health: Racism and Homelessness – Clinician + Community Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Dr. Margot Kushel is a Professor of Medicine and Division Chief at the Division of Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations and UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative.

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Is a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist right for me?

Vida Family Medicine

The factors contributing to these conditions are complex- a combination of genetics, lifestyle, social connection, socioeconomic status, racism, access to food, education, and healthcare, etc. Once the decision is made, we come up with a plan for ongoing monitoring to ensure the treatment plan continues to be safe and effective.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

And so I was really thinking about why are some of my people that are hospitalized doing better than others? The idea of listening with your ear, so E being educate, A, assess, and R, respond. The educate is really about these are the risk factors, and they are significant. I want to let Carla also speak to some of this, too.

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