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The role of primary care teams in identifying modifiable risk factors for food insecurity in rural dwelling older adults [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Results: Common triggers of food insecurity in this older adult population were loss of a life partner, loss of a driver's license, onset of debilitating health problems contributing to reduced mobility, low income status, mental health issues, and difficulty and lack of motivation to prepare meals.

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How Often Should My Child Visit the Doctor?

Hitchcock Family Medicine

When it comes to your children, you want to make sure you’re making the right decisions, and this definitely applies to their health. New parents may be unsure of how often their child should visit their family doctors. Your child should also visit the doctor on their fourth birthday as well.

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Book Review: Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? by Dr. Robert C. Smith

Common Sense Family Doctor

The COVID-19 pandemic and the isolation caused by public health measures to slow its spread exacerbated a mismatch between the need for mental health care and the number of professionals trained to provide that care. The first few chapters discuss the problems with mental health care in the U.S.

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Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ

Reference: Benson J , Sexton R , Dowrick C , et al, Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic As we face the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, doctors, and particularly general practitioners and family doctors (GPs), answer the call to serve in time-pressured, unfamiliar, chaotic, and often-traumatic environments.

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

As a family doctor who has worked for a large hospital system in the past, I fully agree with this contention. The film talks about some of the escape fires of healthcare, including non-opioid pain treatments, nutrition programs, strong doctor-patient relationships, among others.

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The burden of mental health on Canadian primary care following Covid-19 [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In Canada, most of the population relies on their family doctor for their mental healthcare needs. Objective: To measure and compare the proportion of primary care visits associated with mental health before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Corona Together

StorytellERdoc

Your mental health and your physical well-being are tied together in ways that we often overlook and sometimes a better outlook depends on both a healthy mentality and physicality. Have a pizza delivered to a friend. Secondly, stay positive. As before, stay connected through phone calls, emails and messaging.

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