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Breaking Barriers: Perspectives on Clinical Trial Participation Among Older Hispanic/Latino Adults of Mexican Origin [Clinical trial]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting: Senior centers and large academic health systems in Northern and Southern California. Participants with clinical trial experience stated that they would recommend clinical trial participation to their friends and families. Study Design and Analysis: Thematic analysis of focus group interviews.

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Emergency Room vs. Urgent Care

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

Ambulances with emergency responders will take patients to emergency rooms. You can also drive yourself, although in an emergency its best to ask a family member, friend or colleague to drive you. You can walk into urgent care offices, including the Center for Family Medicine any time during 8-5 business hours.

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Addressing diabetes management in the context of social needs: a qualitative study of primary care providers [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Diabetes management (DM) for patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) can be hindered by non-medical, health-related social needs. family medicine, general internal medicine, endocrinology) affiliated with an academic medical center serving a diverse population in a mid-western metropolitan area.

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How to Manage Prediabetes with Food (What Actually Works)

Vida Family Medicine

At Vida Family Medicine, I’ve helped hundreds of patients improve their blood sugar without extreme dieting or cutting out the foods they love. Its job is to transport sugar from your bloodstream to the cells that need it—like your brain, muscles, or liver. The main culprit? Insulin resistance.

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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. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend, IN and has a passion for putting his patients first in his practice.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Katie, welcome back to GeriPal. And so, let’s help them.

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