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Health professionals speak out against the new nuclear arms race

Common Sense Family Doctor

The historical events depicted in the Academy Award–winning film Oppenheimer are no longer just history; at New Mexico’s Los Alamos National Laboratory, for the first time in decades, the United States has resumed building plutonium cores.

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Tips for Enjoying the Total Solar Eclipse

Logansport Memorial Hospital

Excitement is building across the state, and the state is expecting to see over anywhere from 145,000 to 581,000 out-of-state visitors traveling to view this solar event. Before the event Plan ahead. Many areas in the state are hosting events dedicated to the eclipse. Wait to leave the event site until peak traffic has passed.

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Our Anxiety Epidemic: How to Stop Fearing the Future

Priority Physicians

Many of us know where our meals come from, have sufficient clothing, enjoy roofs over our heads, access heating and air conditioning, use reliable transportation, and receive effective medications. We all want to know how to stop fearing the future. Although anxiety appears to be the new malady du jour , much of it is natural and normal.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 3: Pharmacologic management of agitated children

PEMBlog

Qualitative study of patient experiences and care observations during agitation events in the emergency department: implications for systems-based practice. It is also episode 3 in a 5 episode series focused on agitation in children and adolescents. 2022 May 11;12(5):e059876. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059876.

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Middle to Older Age Latinas Experiences Across the Cervical Cancer Continuum: Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment and Impact [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Participants were recruited via electronic healthcare records, community tabling events, and social media efforts. About 90% were either currently or formerly undocumented, 2/3 spoke Spanish, 2/3 made <$50,000 annually, and 1/3 reported inadequate transportation. Our Community Advisory Board (CAB) guided this work.

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The Witness

StorytellERdoc

His transport from his house to our department had been less than ten minutes and the pre-hospital team had done an excellent job of intubating this patient and establishing an IV to begin resuscitation efforts. He had been brought to our emergency department in the middle of the night. Our reality was that time was not our friend.

ER 100
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To Care Or Not

StorytellERdoc

All the while, the three family members, who I learned later to be her son, her daughter, and grandson, focused all their attention onto a sporting event on the TV. Their mother would be transported to her admission room without any supportive family accompanying her. We sat the back up for her to be more comfortable.

ER 100